Edward North (Conservative politician)
Major Edward Tempest Tunstall North JP (31 January 1900 – 1 January 1942)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton in Warwickshire from 1931 until 1935. He was killed in action in 1942, aged 41.
Background
[edit]Edward North was the son of Brigadier-General Bordrigge North North, CB MVO JP DL (1862–1936) and his wife Maud Mabella North (née Coulthurst) of Carnforth.[2] He was born at Newton Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, to which he was admitted as a Pensioner in 1919.[1] In 1928, he married Mary Scott Wilkinson, daughter of T.W. Wilkinson of Carnforth.[3] He had a son named Richard.[4] In 1935, he was living at The Ridding, Bentham, Yorkshire.[3]
Parliamentary career
[edit]At the 1931 election, he was selected as the Conservative candidate for the seat of Nuneaton in Warwickshire. Following a strong swing to the Conservatives, he unseated the sitting Labour MP, Frank Smith with a majority of 2,464. He did not contest the seat in 1935 when it was lost back to the Labour candidate, Reginald Fletcher.
Military career
[edit]During the Second World War, North served as a Major in the Royal Armoured Corps, Yorkshire Hussars. He died on 1 January 1942. He is buried in the churchyard of St John the Baptist church, Tunstall, Lancashire.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Trinity College Roll of Honour 1939–1945" (PDF). Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Edward Tempest Tunstall North". Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Who's Who, 1935". Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Handed On: Newton Hall". 5 July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
