1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Lewisham South Constituency – Biography of Gough

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Lewisham South

CANDIDATE : Gough

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. C. F. H. Gough, born at Kasauli, India, was educated at Cheam School, Osborne, and Dartmouth. After serving three years in the Royal Nayy, he took up farming and horse-breeding in India in 1920. Returning to England in 1922, he became associated with Lloyd’s and joined the Territorial Army. He won the M.C. in 1943 while commanding 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron. He was taken prisoner at Arnhem, escaped and joined ‘he Americans in Bavaria in 1945. He is a director of six companies.

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