About Maurice Hely-Hutchinson
Lived 1887 – 1961 (aged 73). Maurice Hely-Hutchinson was a British politician.
Maurice Robert Hely-Hutchinson (22 May 1887 – 11 February 1961) was a Conservative Party politician in England.
He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Hastings in East Sussex at a by-election in 1937. He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when he stood down from Parliament. During The Great Depression Hely-Hutchinson caused some controversy when he remarked that the long-term unemployed should lose the right to vote.
His parents were Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of the Cape Colony, and May Hely-Hutchinson.
He was married to Melita Keppel, daughter of Admiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel.
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Who was Maurice Hely-Hutchinson?
British politician (1887-1961)
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Maurice Hely-Hutchinson was born on 22 May 1887.
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Maurice Hely-Hutchinson died on 11 February 1961.
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Maurice Hely-Hutchinson was a politician.
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