About Douglas Pielou
Lived 1887 – 1927 (aged 39). Douglas Pielou was a British politician.
Douglas Percival Pielou (17 October 1887 – 9 January 1927) was a British soldier who was disabled from injuries received in the First World War and went on to become a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
Biography Pielou was born in Glasgow in 1887, the son an excise officer. During the war, he was Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM) of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and was severely wounded at the Battle of Loos in 1915.
He was elected at the 1922 general election as MP for the Stourbridge division of Worcestershire, defeating the sitting Liberal MP John William Wilson. Pielou was re-elected in 1923 and 1924, and died in office in 1927, aged 39.
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British politician (1887-1927)
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Douglas Pielou was born on 17 October 1887.
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Douglas Pielou died on 9 January 1927.
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Douglas Pielou was a politician.
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