About John Rathbone
Lived 1910 – 1940 (aged 30). John Rathbone was a British politician.
John Rankin Rathbone (5 February 1910 – 10 December 1940) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Education For his education, Rathbone attended West Downs and Eton College before attending Christ Church, Oxford. The family lived in the constituency at Elmsleigh.
In his obituary The Times observed:
Family members Rathbone was the nephew of Eleanor Rathbone, who had been an independent MP for the Combined English Universities between 1929 and 1946, and a staunch women's rights campaigner. He was a grandson of William Rathbone, Liberal MP for Liverpool and later Carnarvonshire.
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Who was John Rathbone?
British politician (1910-1940)
When was John Rathbone born?
John Rathbone was born on 5 February 1910.
When did John Rathbone die?
John Rathbone died on 10 December 1940 in Antwerp.
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John Rathbone was a politician.
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John Rathbone was British.
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