Background
The son of Henry Haslam, a "member" or insurance underwriter of Lloyd"s of London, he was born in the north London suburb of Hampstead.
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Henry Haslam
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He was educated at Dover College and in 1889 was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Career
He took second class in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1892, and continued his medical training at Street Thomas" Hospital in London. He was admitted to the membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1896 and received a Bch Cantab degree in 1897. In 1901 he left Street Thomas", having been elected to a scholarship at the Department of Pathology at Cambridge University.
He conducted research and published a number of papers in scientific journals.
He received a Doctor of Science from the university in 1914. Haslam subsequently abandoned his medical career, becoming an underwriter at Lloyd"s like his father.
He held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 general election. He died at his Cambridge home in June 1948 aged 77, and was buried in Horncastle.
Membership
34th United Kingdom Parliament. 35th United Kingdom Parliament. 36th United Kingdom Parliament.
37th United Kingdom Parliament]
He also entered politics, and at the 1924 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the safe Conservative seat of Horncastle in Lincolnshire.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party