Chichester Crookshank
Lieutenant Colonel Chichester Crookshank | |
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Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington | |
In office 1924–1929 | |
Preceded by | Robert Spence |
Succeeded by | George Sinkinson |
Member of Parliament for Bootle | |
In office 1931–1935 | |
Preceded by | Vivian Henderson |
Succeeded by | Eric Errington |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 October 1868 |
Died | 23 October 1958 (aged 90) |
Chichester de Windt Crookshank (18 October 1868 – 23 October 1958) was a British Army officer and Unionist Member of Parliament, for Berwick and Haddington from 1924 until 1929; and for Bootle from 1931 until he retired in 1935.
Military career[]
Crookshank was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 23 July 1887, promoted to lieutenant on 23 July 1890, and to captain on 1 April 1898.[1] He served in the Second Boer War, and was slightly wounded in the battle of Paardeberg (February 1900).[2] He was then attached to the 7th Infantry division of the South Africa Field Force. In 1932 he was assigned as the King's Body Guard.
Political career[]
Crookshank was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington from 1924. He was unseated in 1929 by George Sinkinson of the Labour Party; and was returned to the House of Commons as Conservative MP for Bootle at the 1931 general election. Crookshank retired at the end of that Parliament in 1935.
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External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Chichester Crookshank
- 1868 births
- 1958 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs
- UK MPs 1924–1929
- UK MPs 1931–1935
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- Politics of East Lothian
- Politics of the Scottish Borders
- Royal Engineers officers
- Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms
- Scottish Conservative and Unionist MP stubs
- British Army personnel stubs
- Conservative MP for England, 1860s birth stubs