1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Oswestry Constituency – Biography of Ormsby-Gore

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Oswestry

CANDIDATE : Ormsby-Gore

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. D. Ormsby-Gore, son and heir of Lord Harlech, aged 31, was educated at Eton and Oxford. A few years ago his father announced that he had handed over to his heir ownership of all his lands. Mr. Ormsby-Gore farms 400 acres at his Woodhill Estate, Oswestry. In the war he served in the “Phantom” reconnaissance unit and worked with airborne and other special units.

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