Michael Howard,Baron Howard of Lympne is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major,including Secretary of State for Employment,Secretary of State for the Environment and Home Secretary.
Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot,QC was a British lawyer,Liberal and Labour Member of Parliament,and Solicitor General for England and Wales in the first government of Harold Wilson.
Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews KC is a British barrister,author,and retired politician,who was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Medway from 1997 to 2010. He defected from his former party at the 2017 general election and endorsed the Liberal Democrats.
Edgar Louis Granville,Baron Granville of Eye was a British politician.
Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London,which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election
The 1982 Beaconsfield by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 May 1982 for the British House of Commons constituency of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.
Sir Harold Roper,CBE,MC was a British Conservative Party politician. After a career in British Burma,he returned to the United Kingdom and was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from 1950 to 1959.
Sir Percy Alfred Harris,1st Baronet,PC was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Liberal Chief Whip and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party.
Donald McIntosh Johnson was a British general practitioner,author and politician who was a member of parliament for nine years. He regarded himself as a 'Cassandra',and he was described by one observer as "an eccentric man of considerable personal charm and egotistical obstinacy" who had failed to prove it was possible to be both a Conservative and Independent MP at the same time.
Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans was a British barrister,Royal Air Force officer,and politician. Early in his career he adhered to the Liberal Party and was once arrested in Nazi Germany for expressing anti-fascist views. He later transferred to the Conservative-allied National Liberals and was elected to Parliament;however his continued allegiance to the Liberal side brought about a premature termination of his Parliamentary career.
Charles Frank Byers,Baron Byers,was a British Liberal Party politician who later became a life peer and Privy Councillor.
The 1939 North Cornwall by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 July 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of North Cornwall.
Nevil Alexander Beechman was a British barrister and Liberal politician who was Liberal National MP for St Ives from a 1937 by-election until 1950.
Paul Christopher Maynard is a British politician who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Cleveleys. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice in 2019 and for Transport from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2019 to 2020.
Colonel Rowland Burdon,VD,DL,JP was an English landowner and Conservative Party politician from County Durham. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922.
The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill at Stowting,Kent,in southeast England,killing five people outright,with a further three dying from injuries received. The aircraft had been operating a scheduled international flight to West Africa via France. Poor weather caused the aircraft to attempt to divert. After attempts to land at a number of French airports,the pilot decided to return to the United Kingdom as he was running short of fuel. The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Lympne Airport.
The 1904 St Albans by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 12 February 1904. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom,elected by the first past the post voting system.
John Cyril MaudeKC was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1951,and then became a judge.
Scott Leslie Mann is a British Conservative politician and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall since 2015. He currently serves as a Government Whip. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022. Previously he represented the Wadebridge West ward on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2016.
