Ian Orr-Ewing (Weston-super-Mare MP)
Sir Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing (4 June 1893 – 27 April 1958) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Orr-Ewing was born in Ayr, Scotland, the son of Charles Orr-Ewing, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs. He contested Gateshead in 1929. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare in the 1934 by-election after the resignation of Lord Erskine. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston until his death in 1958. aged 64.
Orr-Ewing was knighted in the 1953 New Year Honours.
References[]
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1935
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
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- 1893 births
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1931–1935
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- UK MPs 1945–1950
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- 1958 deaths
- Knights Bachelor
- Conservative MP for England, 1890s birth stubs