About Arthur Holbrook
Lived 1850 – 1946 (aged 95–96). Arthur Holbrook was a politician.
Colonel Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook, (28 April 1850 – 24 December 1946) was a British newspaper proprietor and Conservative MP for Basingstoke.
He won the seat at a by-election in 1920, lost it in 1923, was re-elected in 1924, and stood down in 1929.
He was a newspaper proprietor; founder of the Southern Daily Mail; Fellow of the Institute of Journalists; President of the Newspaper Society, 1913–14; Chairman of Portsmouth Conservative Association, 1885–98; and President of Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, 1907–12. He commanded the Royal Army Service Corps, Salisbury Plain District, 1914–19.
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1850 - December 24, 1946 (Colonel Sir)
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Arthur Holbrook was born in 1850.
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Arthur Holbrook died on 24 December 1946.
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Arthur Holbrook was a politician.
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