George Arthur Victor Duckworth (3 January 1901 – 14 November 1986), known as Arthur Duckworth, was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician.
He was elected as the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency), Shrewsbury at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 general election. He was re-elected in 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 and 1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons at the 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 election.
In 1936, he won 7th place in the ballot for private member's bills,
and proposed to bring forward a Medical and Surgical Appliances (Advertisement) Bill.
He announced in April 1945 that he would not stand again at the next election.
Personal life
Duckworth married Alice Frances Hammond, a fifth-generation descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, in March 1927; they had three daughters. The couple were divorced in February 1942, on the grounds of his wife's adultery in New York (state), New York;
she married the American bandleader Benny Goodman the following month.
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1901 births
1986 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
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