Sunday, 7 October 2018
2051 Leonard Costello
Constituency : Huntingdonshire 1923-4
Leonard took Huntingdonshire from the Tories in a straight fight.
Leonard was educated at Dulwich College and Cambridge. He became a barrister. He contested Westminster Strand in January 1910. He served in World War One between 1916 and 1918 reaching the rank of captain. In 1918 and 1922, he contested Exeter as an Asquithian.
Many of Leonard's parliamentary contributions were on mental health issues.
In 1924, the Tory reclaimed the seat in a straight fight. Two years later, Leonard went to India as a high court judge serving until 1940. He was involved in a high profile inheritance case and was criticised for a remark he made about the suitability of native juries. He was knighted in 1935
In 1940, Leonard returned to England and settled in Devon. He became a magistrate there and held a number of public appointments. He sat on a National Service Act Appeals Tribunal .He was involved in a number of charities- wounded servicemen, animal cruelty and hospitals- throughout his life. He remained a loyal Liberal.
Leonard died in 1972 aged 91.
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