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Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham

1889 – 1955

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Lived 1889 – 1955 (aged 65). Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham was a British politician.

Robert Daniel Thwaites Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham (10 December 1889 – 27 November 1955) was a British Conservative politician.

Alvingham was the son of Robert Armstrong Yerburgh and Elma Amy Thwaites, and was educated at Harrow and University College, Oxford. He served with the Army Service Corps during First World War (Royal Army Service Corps) since 1922) and achieved the rank of captain in 1917 and Brevet-Major in 1919. In 1922 he was elected to the House of Commons for South Dorset, a seat he held until 1929. His father had been intended for a peerage in 1916 but died before the patent was completed. In the 1929 Dissolution Honours, Yerburgh was raised to the peerage as Baron Alvingham, of Woodfold in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Lord Alvingham married, firstly, his first cousin Dorothea Gertrude, daughter of John Eardley Yerburgh, in 1911. They had one son and two daughters. After her death in 1927 he married, secondly, Maud Lytton Grey Morgan, daughter of Charles Ford Morgan (an actor known professionally as Lytton Grey), in 1936. They had no children. Lord Alvingham died in November 1955, aged 65, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Robert. Lady Alvingham died in 1992.

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University College, Oxford, Harrow School
Positions held
Member of the 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom

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Who was Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham?

politician (1889-1955)

When was Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham born?

Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham was born on 10 December 1889.

When did Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham die?

Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham died on 27 November 1955.

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Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham was a politician.

What nationality was Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham?

Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham was British.

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· Wikipedia: Robert Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham

· Wikidata: Q7351315

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