British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Ludlow Constituency – Biography of Corbett

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ludlow

CANDIDATE : Corbett

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Lt.-Col,. Uvedale Cor- ft bett, elected for Ludlow in 1945 with a majority of 7,570, is a member of an old Shropshire family and a successful farmer. Born in 1909 and educated at Wellington and Woolwich, he became a Regular Army officer and during the war commanded a.regiment of the 7th Armoured Division.


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