Thursday, 22 February 2018
1833 Reginald Pole-Carew
Constituency : Bodmin 1910-12 ( Liberal Unionist ), 1912-16 ( Conservative )
Reginald took Bodmin from the Liberals at the second attempt by 41 votes. He was 61 at the time of his election.
Reginald was the son of a Tory MP for East Cornwall . He joined the army in 1869 and served in Afghanistan, the Boer War and Ireland reaching the rank of Lieutenant- General.
Reginald was a frequent contributor to debates on military matters.
Reginald resigned his seat in 1916.
He died in 1924 aged 75.
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