Harry Mackeson

Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Baronet (25 May 1905-25 January 1964), was a British soldier and Conservative politician.

Mackeson was the son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley. He served in the Royal Scots Greys regiment of the British Army and achieved the rank of Brigadier. In 1945 he was elected to the House of Commons for Hythe, a seat he held until 1950 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Folkestone and Hythe until 1959. Mackeson served under Winston Churchill as a Lord of the Treasury from 1951 to 1952 and as Secretary for Overseas Trade from 1952 to 1953. In 1954 he was created a Baronet, of Hythe in the County of Kent.

Mackeson married Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot, in 1940. He died in January 1964, aged 58, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Rupert.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Rupert Brabner
    Member of Parliament for Hythe
    19451950
    Constituency abolished
    New constituency Member of Parliament for Folkestone & Hythe
    19501959
    Succeeded by
    Sir Albert Costain
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Henry Hopkinson
    Secretary for Overseas Trade
    1952 – 1953
    Office abolished
    Baronetage of the United Kingdom
    New creation Baronet
    (of Hythe)
    1954 – 1964
    Succeeded by
    Rupert Mackeson