British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Bolsover Constituency – Biography of Cordeaux

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Bolsover

CANDIDATE : Cordeaux

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col. J. K. Cordeaux, aged 47, a member of a well-known Conservative family in Lincolnshire, entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1919, but later transferred to the Royal Marines. From 1937 he was employed exclusively on Intelligence work and saw service in the Balkans, the Middle East and other countries, and subsequently was seconded to the Foreign Office. He was made a C.B.E. and holds several foreign decorations.


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