About Assheton Pownall
Lived 1877 – 1953 (aged 76). Assheton Pownall was a British politician.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Assheton Pownall (3 October 1877 – 29 October 1953) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as member of parliament for Lewisham East from 1918 to 1945.
Pownall was born in Warwick, Warwickshire, the son of civil engineer Charles Assheton Whately Pownall and Dora Bourne Royds. He was the grandson of the Ven. Assheton Pownall, Archdeacon of Leicester. Pownall was educated at Rugby School.
Pownall was noted for his arduous work on committees.
During the late 1930s, Pownall was a member of the Anglo-German Fellowship. He belonged to the moderate tendency within the Fellowship, stating that it existed "only to promote good relations between us and Germany" and was in no way in favour of Nazism.
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Who was Assheton Pownall?
Member of the British Parliament (1877-1953)
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Assheton Pownall was born on 3 October 1877 in Warwick, Leamington Spa.
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Assheton Pownall died on 29 October 1953.
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Assheton Pownall was a politician.
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Assheton Pownall was British.
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