About Jonah Walker-Smith
Lived 1874 – 1964 (aged 89–90). Jonah Walker-Smith was a British politician.
Sir Jonah Walker Walker-Smith (22 November 1874 – 23 February 1964) was an engineer and a Conservative Party politician in England who served as member of parliament (MP) for Barrow-in-Furness from 1931, when he took it from Labour, until his defeat at the 1945 general election, when a Labour candidate took the seat.
He was born at Watford, Hertfordshire, son of John Jonah Smith, and educated privately and at King's College, London.
He trained as an engineer, becoming Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers and of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He also qualified as a Barrister-at-law and became Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and honorary Associate Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Sir Jonah Walker-Smith died in February 1964, aged 89.
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