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Member of Parliament

Alfred Peter HILLIER, British Member of Parliament. M. D. and Certificated Master Edinburgh University. Served in Kaffir War, 1878-79, as a trooper with Colonial forces, medal and clasp.

Background

HILLIER, Alfred Peter was born in 1858. Son of P. Playne Hillier, Shortwood, Gloucestershire. Vi. Ethel, daughter of F. B. Brown.

One 5. two d.

Education

Studied at King William’s College. Edinburgh University. Bachelor of Arts Cape University.

M. D. and Master in Surgery Edinburgh University. Bachelor of Arts; Doctor of Medicine. Master in Surgery.

Career

Served in Kaffir War, 1878-1879, as a trooper with Colonial forces, medal and clasp. President South African Medical Congress, 1893. Member Reform Committee, Johannesburg, and political prisoner in Pretoria, 1895-1896.

Nominated by Prince of Wales as one of the delegates of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption to the Berlin Tuberculosis Congress, 1899. Contested Stockport, 1900. Physician; retired; Member of Parliament (Unionist) Hitcliin Division, Hertfordshire, since 1910; Consulting Physician, London Open Air Sanatorium; Councillor Royal Colonial Institute; Member International Committee for Prevention of Tuberculosis.

Works

All works

Politics

Unionist.

Membership

Clubs: United, Junior Carlton, City Carlton, Carlton.

  • Clubs: United, Junior Carlton, City Carlton, Carlton.

Interests

  • Shooting, fishing, riding.

Connections

Father:
P. Playne Hillier