Walter Bromley-Davenport
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Lt-Col Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport TD DL (1903 – 26 December 1989)
The son of Walter A. Bromley-Davenport, of Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire, and Lilian Lane, he was educated at Malvern School.
He joined the Grenadier Guards in 1922 and at the outbreak of World War II he raised and commanded the 5th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment.
He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Knutsford from 1945 until 1970, and was a Conservative Whip from 1948-51. He was a member of the British Boxing Board of Control from 1953. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1949 and knighted in 1961.
His son William Arthur Bromley-Davenport was later High Sheriff of Cheshire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Ernest Makins |
Member of Parliament for Knutsford 1945–1970 |
Succeeded by John Davies |
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