Harold Thomas Cawley

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Captain Harold Thomas Cawley (12 June 1878 – 23 September 1915) was a British Liberal Party politician, barrister and soldier.

The second son of Sir Frederick Cawley, Bt. (later the 1st Baron Cawley) and Elizabeth Smith, he was educated at New College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts. Cawley was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1902. From 1910 to 1915, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary Reginald McKenna from 1911 to 1915. In the First World War Cawley served in the 6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, reaching the rank of Captain. He fought at Gallipoli where he was killed in action.

Before his death he sent a letter to his father Frederick Cawley who was also a Liberal MP. As an MP the letter was not subject to military censorship, and it reported the mishandling of the Dardenelles campaign in some detail. At the end of the letter he describes the use of "spent hand grenades" to kill fish. He drew a picture of a dead fish at the end of his letter.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden	Member of Parliament for Heywood January 1910–1915	Succeeded by Albert Holden Illingworth

Persondata
NAME	Cawley, Harold Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	British Liberal Party politician, barrister and soldier
DATE OF BIRTH	12 June 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	23 September 1915
PLACE OF DEATH