Monday, 27 August 2018
2010 John Simpson
Constituency : Taunton 1922-24
John took Taunton ( which no Liberal contested in 1918 or a 1921 by-election ) from the Tories by a large margin in a straight fight.
John was born in Liverpool. He worked in the Indian Civil Service from 1897. He became private secretary to the Ministry of Labour in 1917.
John held his seat in 1923 but was defeated in 1924 by a larger margin than the Labour vote.
John was knighted in 1925. He worked for the League of Nations assisting refugees in Greece , reporting on the situation in Palestine and organising flood relief in China.He worked for the Government of Newfoundland from 1934 to 1936. In 1947 he reported to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the situation in Palestine. He was very sceptical of Zionism.
He died in 1961 aged 92.
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