Alfred Howitt (politician)
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Sir Alfred Bakewell Howitt CVO (11 February 1879 – 8 December 1954[1]) was an English medical doctor who became a Conservative Party politician.
Early life and medical career
Howitt was born in Nottingham, the youngest son of Dr Francis Howitt, a doctor from an old Quaker family whose relatives included the anthropologist Alfred William Howitt. He was schooled at Epsom College and then graduated in natural sciences from Clare College, Cambridge,[2] before training as a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital in London. After several years as a hospital doctor in London, he served during the First World War in France as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, before returning to London in 1919 and practising as a physician in Berkeley Square.[3]
Political career
Howitt first stood for Parliament at the 1929 general election in Preston, where he failed to win either of the two seats.[4] He was unsuccessful again at the Preston by-election in July 1929.[4]
Howitt entered the House of Commons on his third attempt, when he was elected at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading in Berkshire.[5] He was re-elected in 1935 and held the seat until he stood down at the 1945 general election.[5]
In Parliament, Howitt worked with doctors in other political parties, and was chairman of the Parliamentary Medical Committee in 1943.[3]
Honours
He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in April 1928,[6] and knighted in the New Year Honours in 1945, for political and public services.[7]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dr Alfred Bakewell Howitt
- National Archives : Howitt family
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Reading 1931 – 1945 |
Succeeded by Ian Mikardo |
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- English Quakers
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- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
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- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
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