1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Rochester and Chatham Constituency – Biography of Mathew

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Rochester and Chatham

CANDIDATE : Mathew

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Mathew, a barrister, born in 1911, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel during the war, and when serving in Greece was responsible for the personal security of Mr. Churchill during his visit to Athens in 1944. He has been on Chelsea Borough Council and has also been a member of the Standing Joint Committee of the Metropolitan boroughs.

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