Friday, 14 December 2018
2120 Gordon Campbell
Constituency : Burnley 1931-35 ( Liberal National )
Gordon unseated Arthur Henderson at Burnley with the support of the Liberal and Conservative parties. He may not have designated himself a Liberal in the campaign but allied with Simon in Parliament.
Gordon was born in Croydon and educated at Dulwich College. He joined the navy and was a commander by the age of 31. In 1917 he was awarded the Victoria Cross for an action where he allowed his ship to be hit by a torpedo in order to sink the U-boat with hidden guns. He was promoted to vice admiral and became naval aide- de- camp to George V.
In 1933, Gordon criticised Churchill's tub-thumping on India but otherwise confined his parliamentary interventions to naval matters.
Gordon was easily defeated by Labour in a straight fight in 1935.
Gordon rejoined the navy in World War Two and worked on coastal defence.
Gordon wrote a number of books including My Mystery Ships and gave public lectures.
He died in 1953 aged 67.
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