About Richard Sargood
Lived 1888 – 1979 (aged 90). Richard Sargood was a British trade unionist and politician.
Richard Sargood (31 July 1888 – 27 March 1979) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. A long-serving local councillor in London, he sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1950.
Early life and family Sargood was both in Lambeth, to a father also named Richard Sargood. He was educated at a London County Council school.
In January 1919 he married Sarah Deane. following the retirement due to ill-health of the Labour MP Alfred Salter. When the constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election,
Sargood retired from Parliament.
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Who was Richard Sargood?
British politician (1888-1979)
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Richard Sargood was born on 31 July 1888.
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Richard Sargood died on 27 March 1979.
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Richard Sargood was a trade unionist and politician.
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