Arthur Duckworth

George Arthur Victor Duckworth (3 January 1901 – 14 November 1986),^[1] known as Arthur Duckworth, was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury at the 1929 general election.^[2] He was re-elected in 1931^[3] and 1935,^[4] and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 election.^[5]

In 1936, he won 7th place in the ballot for private member's bills,^[6] and proposed to bring forward a Medical and Surgical Appliances (Advertisement) Bill.^[6]

He announced in April 1945 that he would not stand again at the next election.^[7]

Personal life

Duckworth married Alice Frances Hammond, a fifth-generation descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, in March 1927; they had three daughters. The couple were divorced in February 1942, on the grounds of his wife's adultery in New York;^[8] she married the American bandleader Benny Goodman the following month.^[9]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
^ "No. 33508". The London Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 4113.
^ "No. 33769". The London Gazette. 6 November 1931. p. 7143.
^ "No. 34223". The London Gazette. 26 November 1935. p. 7503.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 452. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ ^a ^b "Commons Ballot Private Members' Bills, Variety Of Subjects". The Times. London. 6 February 1936. pp. 14, col G.
^ Thatcher, Margaret (10 December 1981). "Speech to the Shrewsbury Beaconsfield Club (centenary dinner)". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^ "M.P. Granted Decree Nisi". The Times. London. 17 February 1942. pp. 2, col D.
^ "Goodman Is Wed to Alice Hammond". Nielsen Business Media (Billboard). 28 March 1942. pp. 5–. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arthur Duckworth

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Preceded by Viscount Sandon	Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1929 – 1945	Succeeded by John Langford-Holt

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)

[2] "No. 33508". The London Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 4113.

[3] "No. 33769". The London Gazette. 6 November 1931. p. 7143.

[4] "No. 34223". The London Gazette. 26 November 1935. p. 7503.

[craig1918-1949-5] Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 452. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

[times-1936-02-07-6] "Commons Ballot Private Members' Bills, Variety Of Subjects". The Times. London. 6 February 1936. pp. 14, col G.

[7] Thatcher, Margaret (10 December 1981). "Speech to the Shrewsbury Beaconsfield Club (centenary dinner)". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

[times-divorce-8] "M.P. Granted Decree Nisi". The Times. London. 17 February 1942. pp. 2, col D.

[wed-9] "Goodman Is Wed to Alice Hammond". Nielsen Business Media (Billboard). 28 March 1942. pp. 5–. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

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