John Joseph Shute
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Colonel Sir John Joseph Shute, CMG, DSO, TD, JP, DL (1873 – 13 September 1948) was a volunteer soldier, businessman and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
In 1896 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment,[1] and in 1900 to captain.[2] In 1908 he was transferred to the 5th Battalion of the regiment on the establishment of the Territorial Army.[3] He served in the unit during the First World War, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO),[4] the Territorial Decoration (TD)[5] and in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours he was made a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for his military services.[6] He remained in the TA after the war, being promoted to Colonel in 1923.[7] He retired in 1930.[8]
His business career saw him acting as a partner in various Liverpool-based firms of cotton brokers.[9][10][11][12]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange at a by-election in 1933 following the death of the Conservative MP Sir James Reynolds. Shute was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his narrow defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate Bessie Braddock.
In 1921 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County Palatine of Lancaster.[13] He was knighted in the New Year Honours list, 1935, "for political, public and social services in Lancashire, particularly in Liverpool".[14][15] In 1938 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of a sub-unit of the Royal Army Service Corps,[16] reliquishing the appointment in 1948.[17]
[edit] Notes
- ^ London Gazette: no. 26771, page 4821, 25 August 1896. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 27197, page 3411, 29 May 1900. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 28193, page 8036, 6 November 1908. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608, pages 5566–5569, 2 June 1916. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 29656, pages 6743–6744, 7 July 1916. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30716, pages 6452–6453, 31 May 1918. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 32821, page 3315, 8 May 1923. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33652, page 6249, 14 October 1930. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 28860, page 6121, 4 August 1914. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 31581, page 12179, 3 October 1919. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33439, page 7507, 16 November 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 37292, page 4870, 2 October 1945. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 32339, page 4301, 31 May 1921. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34119, pages 1–2, 28 December 1934. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 34135, page 1269, 22 February 1935. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 34509, page 3024, 10 May 1938. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38301, page 3188, 25 May 1948. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
[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
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Member of Parliament for Liverpool Exchange 1933–1945 |
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