About John Brewis
Lived 1920 – 1989 (aged 69). John Brewis was a British politician.
Henry John Brewis (8 April 1920 – 25 May 1989) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and barrister.
Early life Brewis was born on 8 April 1920. He was the only son and youngest child of Dorothy Katharine ( Walker) Brewis and Francis Bertie Brewis, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. and Lord Lieutenant from 18 September 1981
Personal life On 20 April 1949, he married Faith Agnes Devorguilla McTaggart-Stewart (1926–1998), a daughter of Sir Edward McTaggart-Stewart, 2nd Baronet of Southwick and Blairderry and a granddaughter of Gilbert Clifton-Hastings-Campbell, 3rd Baron Donington. Together, they were the parents of:
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British politician (1920–1989)
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John Brewis was born on 8 April 1920.
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John Brewis died on 25 May 1989.
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John Brewis was a politician.
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John Brewis was British.
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