Percy Jewson

Percy William Jewson (16 February 1881 – 18 April 1962) was an English businessman and National Liberal politician from Norwich. He sat in the House of Commons from 1941 to 1945 as MP for Great Yarmouth.

Career Jewson was the son of John William Jewson, and his wife Henrietta. He was the older brother of the architect Norman Jewson. He was involved for most of his career with the family's timber importing firm of Jewson and Sons Ltd. During World War I he served in France and Belgium as an officer of the Worcestershire Regiment, and was wounded. Sir Arthur Harbord, the National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Yarmouth, died in February 1941. At a joint meeting of the constituency's Conservative and National Liberal Associations, Jewson was selected on 31 March as the National Government candidate for the Great Yarmouth by-election, 1941. He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when he was defeated by the Labour Party candidate Ernest Kinghorn.

Tennis Jewson was involved in tennis for most of his life.