Background
Thornton-Kemsley was born in 1903 and grew up in a London suburb.
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Colin Thornton-Kemsley
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He was educated at Chigwell School, and graduated from Wadham College, Oxford.
Career
Thomas Thorton had purchased Thornton castle in Kincardineshire in 1893, and at the time of the wedding Thornton was the owner and resident of the property. He also served as the Honorary Treasurer of Essex and Middlesex Provincial Area, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. Thornton-Kemsley, due to his previous role in trying to bringing about a censure of Winston Churchill by the Epping Conservative Association, was offered the candidacy.
Politics
As a member of the Epping constituency party he made a name for himself in Conservative Party circles as a Neville Chamberlain loyalist who was central to bringing about a censure of Winston Churchill by the Epping Conservative Association.
Membership
37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament.
40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament. 42nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire from 1939 to 1950, and for North Angus and Mearns from 1950 until his retirement at the 1964 general election.
Thornton-Kemsley was an active member of the Conservative constituency association for the London suburb of Epping, where he lived. In 1939 Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, the incumbent Unionist Member of Parliament for Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire, was offered the position of Governor of South Australia.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party