Harry Mackeson
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| Secretary for Overseas Trade | |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Henry Hopkinson |
| Succeeded by | Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
| Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons | |
| In office Template:En dash range Serving with Herbert Butcher | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Robert Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Edward Heath Herbert Butcher |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
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| Leader | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Cedric Drewe |
| Succeeded by | Robert Taylor |
| Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe Hythe (1945–1950) | |
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| Preceded by | Rupert Brabner |
| Succeeded by | Albert Costain |
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| Party | Conservative |
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Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Baronet (25 May 1905 – 25 January 1964) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.[1]
Early life
Mackeson was the son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley. He served in the Royal Scots Greys regiment of the British Army and achieved the rank of Brigadier.
Political career
In 1945 he was elected to the House of Commons for Hythe, a seat he held until 1950 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Folkestone and Hythe until 1959.[2]
Mackeson served under Winston Churchill as a Lord of the Treasury from 1951 to 1952 and as Secretary for Overseas Trade from 1952 to 1953. In 1954 he was created a Baronet, of Hythe in the County of Kent.
Personal life
Mackeson married Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot, in 1940.
He died in January 1964, aged 58, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Rupert.[3]
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir Harry Mackeson Dies". The New York Times. 27 January 1964. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alexandrou, Haralambos; Kontos, Michalis; Panayiotides, Nikos (30 June 2014). Great Power Politics in Cyprus: Foreign Interventions and Domestic Perceptions. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4438-6325-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Illustrated London News. Vol. 244. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1964. p. 171.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
External links
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