Background
He was born in Studdale, Waldershare, Kent on 30 June 1916 and educated at Shrewsbury School, the town in which his father had served as mayor.
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John Langford-Holt
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Shrewsbury School.
Career
During the Second World War, he served as a pilot, first in the Battle of Britain and later with the Fleet Air Armenian During his political career, his positions included serving on the Parliamentary Science Committee, the Estimates Committee, the Expenditure Committee and the Select Committee on Defence. During Churchill"s later years, he was entrusted by the Tory Whips to look after the grand old man himself.
He was knighted in 1962.
The couple were divorced in 1951, and she remarried Major Robert Rivers-Bulkeley. He died in London on 23 July 1993, aged 77.
Membership
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament. 43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament. 48th United Kingdom Parliament]
Unlike most other members of Parliament, Sir John made it clear that he would never seek ministerial office and would refuse it he were offered such a post.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party