Petre Crowder
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(Frederick) Petre Crowder, QC (18 July 1919 – 16 February 1999) was a British Conservative politician and barrister.
Crowder was the son of John Crowder, a Member of Parliament. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He served in the Coldstream Guards from 1939, in North Africa, Italy and Burma, attaining the rank of Major. He became a barrister, called by Inner Temple in 1948. He was appointed recorder of Gravesend in 1960, chairman of the Hertfordshire Quarter sessions in 1963 and became Queen's Counsel in 1964.
Crowder contested Tottenham North in a 1945 by-election and was elected Member of Parliament for the Conservative safe seat of Ruislip-Northwood in 1950. He served until 1979, preceding John Wilkinson.
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Member of Parliament for Ruislip-Northwood 1950–1979 |
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