George Loyd COURTHOPE, British Member of Parliament.
Background
COURTHOPE, George Loyd was born on June 12, 1877. Son of late G. J. Courthope, Justice of the Peace, D.L., etc., of Whiligh, Sussex, and Elinor Sarah (d. 1895), daughter of late Colonel E. Loyd, Justice of the Peace, D.L., of Lillesden, Hawkhurst.
Education
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
Chairman United Club, 1908-1909. Chairman Central Chamber of Agriculture, 1909. Council National Rifle Association.
Chairman of Departmental Committee on Swine Fever. Member of Public Accounts Committee. Captain House of Commons Rifle Team from 1907.
A Conservative and Tariff Reformer. Member of Parliament (Unionist) Rye Division of Sussex since 1906; Justice of the Peace Sussex; Captain 5th Baronet (Cinque Ports) Royal Sussex Regiment; barrister-at-law, Inner Temple.
Politics
Unionist.
Membership
Clubs: Carlton, Constitutional, National, Bath, etc.
Interests
Shooting and various athletics.
Connections
Spouse 1899, Hilda Gertrude, o.daughter of late Maj.-Gen. Henry Pelham Close, Bombay S.C.