Hamilton Kerr

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Sir Hamilton William Kerr, Bt. (1 August 1903 – 26 December 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician.

At the 1931 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for the Oldham constituency in Lancashire. He held the seat until losing it in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election.

At the 1950 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons as MP for Cambridge, holding that seat until his retirement at the 1966 general election.

Kerr was made a baronet in 1957, 1st Baronet Kerr of Cambridge, Cambridgeshirs. The title became extinct on his death in 1974.

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• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Wilson Gordon Lang	Member of Parliament for Oldham 2-seat constituency (with Anthony Crommelin Crossley, to 1935 John Samuel Dodd, 1935–1945) 1931–1945	Succeeded by Charles Leslie Hale, later Baron Hale Frank Fairhurst
Preceded by Arthur Symonds	Member of Parliament for Cambridge 1950–1966	Succeeded by David Lane
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new creation)	Baronet 1957–1974	Succeeded by (extinct)