About Arthur Heneage
Lived 1881 – 1971 (aged 90). Arthur Heneage was a British politician.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Pelham Heneage (11 July 1881 – 22 November 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician. During the First World War, he served with the Royal Field Artillery and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours.
Heneage was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Louth constituency in Lincolnshire at the 1924 general election. He defeated the incumbent Liberal MP Margaret Wintringham, who had been the second woman to take a seat in the House of Commons. Heneage held the seat for over two decades until his retirement from Parliament at the 1945 general election.
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British politician (1881-1971)
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Arthur Heneage was born on 11 July 1881.
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Arthur Heneage died on 22 November 1971.
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Arthur Heneage was a politician.
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