About Herbert Sparkes
Lived 1859 – 1923 (aged 63–64). Herbert Sparkes was a British politician.
Herbert Weston Sheppard Sparkes (1859 – 22 May 1923) was briefly the Conservative MP for Tiverton.
He was elected MP for Tiverton at the 1922 general election. Sparkes was 63 years old when elected.
Sparkes did not serve long as an MP, and died in May 1923, aged 64. At the ensuing by-election in June 1923 the seat was won by the Liberal Party.
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Who was Herbert Sparkes?
British politician (1859–1923)
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Herbert Sparkes was born in 1859.
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Herbert Sparkes died on 22 May 1923.
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Herbert Sparkes was a politician.
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Herbert Sparkes was British.
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