Tufton Beamish (Royal Navy officer)

English naval officer and Conservative Party politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish naval officer and Conservative Party politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth26 July 1874
Death2 May 1951 (aged 76 years)
Politics:Conservative Party
The details

Biography

Rear-Admiral Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, CB, DL (26 July 1874 – 2 May 1951) was an English naval officer and Conservative Party politician. He married Margaret Simon in 1914. The couple had two daughters and one surviving son.
Tufton Beamish led a distinguished naval and political career. He was twice Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes: from 1924 to 1931, and again from 1936 to 1945. His son Tufton succeeded him in at the 1945 general election and represented the seat until 1974.

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