Education
Crowder was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
Crowder was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He worked as an underwriter and elected a member at Lloyd"s of London. He served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry from 1914 to 1918, when he transferred to the Reserve Regiment of the Royal Horse Guards. He served again during World World War II, as a Staff Captain and army welfare officer
Crowder served as a Hampshire County Councillor 1931-1946 and a Fleet Urban District Councillor 1933-1946.
He was vice-chairman of the Aldershot and North Hampshire Conservative Association from 1930. He appears as a character in The Long Walk to Finchley, on Thatcher"s selection to succeed him as Conservative candidate for his seat - he is played, in a less than flattering light, by Geoffrey Palmer.
37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament.
40th United Kingdom Parliament.
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He was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Finchley from the 1935 general election until the 1959 general election, when he was succeeded by Margaret Thatcher (who went on to become the first female British Prime Minister). In Parliament, Crowder was an influential member of the 1922 Committee and Second Church Estates Commissioner.