John Baldock
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John Markham Baldock (19 November 1915 – 3 October 2003) was a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1950s.
Born in Hollingbourne, Kent, at the 1950 general election, he was elected as MP for Harborough in Leicestershire, defeating the sitting Labour MP Humphrey Attewell. Baldock held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1959 general election. He died in Chichester aged 87.
An amateur yachtsman, he sailed the ketch-rigged yacht Racundra, originally built for Arthur Ransome, for about 20 years.[1]
References[]
- ^ Wardale, Roger (1991). Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome. Jonathan Cape. p. 52. ISBN 0-224-02773-5.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Baldock
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2003 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- British sailors
- Conservative MP for England, 1910s birth stubs