Sidney Streatfeild

Background

Sidney Streatfeild was the son of Hugh Streatfeild (1867–1950) and Evelyn Cherry (d 1964).

Education

He was educated at Rugby School.

Career

He served in the Great War 1914 - 1919 in the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. However, at the 1929 general election, he lost the seat to Cecil Dudgeon, Henniker-Hughan"s Liberal predecessor who had been the runner-up in the by-election. Sidney Streatfeild did not stand for Parliament again.

Achievements

• At the 1924 general election he stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative Party candidate in the City of Durham constituency, but after the death in 1925 of Unionist Member of Parliament Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, he won the Galloway seat at the resulting by-election in 1925.

Membership

34th United Kingdom Parliament.