1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oldham East Constituency – Biography of Richmond

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Oldham East

CANDIDATE : Richmond

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. L. Richmonej is the son of the late Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond. He was born in 1918 and was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was preparing for a Foreign Office career when war broke out in 1939, and he joined the Royal Navy, serving in torpedo-boats, submarines, and destroyers. In 1943 he completed his studies at Cambridge, and then entered journalism.

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