Walter Bromley-Davenport
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport TD DL (15 September 1903 – 26 December 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early years
One of the four sons of Walter Arthur Bromley-Davenport (28 September 1863 – 5 November 1942) of Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire, and Lilian Emily Isabel Jane Lane (9 December 1878 – 1972), daughter of Lt.-Col. John Henry Bagot Lane, he was educated at Malvern College.[1]
War service
He joined the Grenadier Guards in 1922 and at the outbreak of World War II he raised and commanded the 5th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment.
Political career
He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Knutsford from 1945 until 1970, and was a Conservative junior Whip from 1948-51. He lost his junior Whip position after kicking the Belgium ambassador down a flight of steps. He mistook the ambassador for a colleague who he thought had left the Commons before the 10 o'clock vote.[2] He was a member of the British Boxing Board of Control from 1953. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1949 and knighted in 1961.
Bromley-Davenport would have made an excellent Whip if he hadn't been dismissed, as he was known to have an extraordinarily loud voice. He would startle new Labour MPs when they rose to make a speech by screaming 'Take your Hands out of your pockets!' On one occasion he shouted 'Sit down!' at Otho Prior-Palmer, MP for Worthing, which the minister immediately did, as he attempted to speak at the same time as Davenport.[3]
Davenport was known to use his voice outside of Parliament. When he entered an overcrowded train in Crewe, he walked up and down the corridor shouting 'All change!'. When everyone left he took a seat. He was also attacked by a man with an axe in his home. Davenport screamed 'Don't let the NHS get me!' and the assailant fled.[4]
Family
His son, William Arthur Bromley-Davenport, served as High Sheriff of Cheshire and Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by
Sir Ernest Makins
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Member of Parliament for Knutsford 1945–1970 |
Succeeded by John Davies |
References
- ↑ Walter Bromley-Davenport. cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics, An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Ages, William Donaldson, 2002, ISBN 0-304-35728-6
- ↑ Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics, An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Ages, William Donaldson, 2002, ISBN 0-304-35728-6
- ↑ Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics, An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Ages, William Donaldson, 2002, ISBN 0-304-35728-6
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