Cecil Hanbury
Sir Cecil Hanbury | |
|---|---|
Memorial plaque to Hanbury in Mortola Inferiore | |
| Member of Parliament for North Dorset | |
| In office 29 October 1924 – 10 June 1937 | |
| Preceded by | John Emlyn-Jones |
| Succeeded by | Angus Hambro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1871 |
| Died | 10 June 1937 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Unionist |
| Spouse |
Effield Dorothy Cecil Symons-Jeune
(m. 1913) |
| Children | 3 |
Sir Cecil Hanbury (10 March 1871 – 10 June 1937)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician, the son of Sir Thomas Hanbury and brother of Lady Hilda Currie.
Hanbury was educated at Fettes College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and for most of his working life was a partner in Ward, Hanbury & Company, china merchants in London and Shanghai.[2] He was elected at the 1924 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Northern division of Dorset, having unsuccessfully contested the seat at both the 1922 and 1923 elections. Hanbury was re-elected at the next three general elections, and died in office in 1937,[3] aged 66.[1]
Hanbury was sympathetic to fascism, and in the 1930s he declared his support for Mussolini and the Abyssinian Campaign, for which he was made a Grand Officer of the Italian Order of the Crown.[2] He was knighted on 11 July 1935.[4] After his death a memorial plaque was erected in La Mortola, Ventimiglia, where his father owned an estate.
References
- ^ a b "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ^ a b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. III. Brighton: Harvester Press. pp. 148–9. ISBN 0855273259.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 335. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "Gazette Issue 34180". The London Gazette. 16 July 1935. p. 8. Retrieved 25 April 2009.