1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Surrey East Constituency – Biography of Astor

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Surrey East

CANDIDATE : Astor

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Michael Astor entered Parliament in 1945, when he successfully held the old Eastern Division for the Conservative Party. He is the third son of Viscount Astor. He was born in 1916 and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He saw much fighting in Europe during the last war. Chairman of the Playing Fields Association grants committee, he is also a vice-president of the Anglo-Netherlands Sports Association.

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