Tuesday, 5 June 2018
1930 Oscar Guest
Constituency : Loughborough 1918-22, Camberwell North West 1935-45 ( Conservative )
Oscar took over from Maurice Levy at Loughborough. He received the coupon and defeated the Labour candidate in a straight fight.
Oscar was the youngest son of Baron Wimborne and the fourth son to become an MP. He served as a pilot in World War One. He reached the rank of major.
Oscar's maiden speech was in favour of encouraging civil aircraft development. He was chairman of the New Members' Coalition Group. He was a junior minister from 1921 to 1922.
Oscar stood down in 1922,
Oscar returned to politics as a Conservative in 1935 when he won Camberwell North West. In 1945 he switched to Brecon and Radnor but was defeated there.
He died in 1958 aged 69.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment