About Smedley Crooke
Lived 1861 – 1951 (aged 89–90). Smedley Crooke was a British politician.
Sir John Smedley Crooke (1861 – 13 October 1951) was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Deritend from 1922 to 1929, and from 1931 to 1945. An annual football tournament named the Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup was set up in his name to raise money for blind and visually impaired people. A street in Hopwood, Worcestershire also bears his name.
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Who was Smedley Crooke?
British politician (1861-1951)
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Smedley Crooke was born in 1861.
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Smedley Crooke died on 13 October 1951.
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Smedley Crooke was a politician.
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