John Eastwood (politician)
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John Francis Eastwood OBE (13 October 1887 – 30 January 1952), was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was elected at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament for Kettering in Northamptonshire, defeating the Labour MP Samuel Perry. He held the seat at the 1935 general election, but resigned in 1940 to become a Metropolitan Police magistrate.
[edit] Family
He married 1stly 29 April 1912 Alice Leonora Zacyntha Boyle (23 February 1886-23 July 1933), of the family of the earls of Cork & Orrery, and had issue by her. After her death, in 1934 he married her cousin Dorothea Constance Cecil Butler (1912- ), elder daughter of Rupert Beresford Butler and his wife Dorothea Cecil Boyle, also descended from the 7th earl. By his second wife, he had further issue.[1]
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- ^ His son John Hugo Eastwood (b. 10 December 1935) married 15 December 1956 Susan Elizabeth Cator (b. 7 July 1935), and had issue. See Leo van Der Pas. "Descendants of Mary Tudor, Princess of England" (gen 17-1 to 17-79 of 19 generations)
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| Preceded by Samuel Perry |
Member of Parliament for Kettering 1931–1940 |
Succeeded by John Profumo |
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