Sir Harold Basil Houldsworth, 2nd Baronet (21 July 1922 – 24 March 1990) was a British anæsthetist and

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politician.

Background

He was the son of

Sir Hubert Houldsworth, 1st Baronet Sir Hubert Stanley Houldsworth, 1st Baronet, Queen's Counsel, QC (20 April 1889 – 1 February 1956) was a barrister, Chairman of the National Coal Board and a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Background Houldsworth was the s ...

and Hilda Frances Clegg. He was educated at

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and

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, where he qualified as a doctor. In 1946 he married Norah Clifford Halmshaw. They had one daughter. When his father died on 1 February 1956, he inherited the

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Professional career

He was senior anaesthetist at

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from 1946-48. In 1948 he was called up to serve in the

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and was given the rank of captain. In 1950 he was appointed the Registrar Anæsthetist at Leeds General Infirmary and St James Hospital,

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. In 1953 he was appointed Senior Registrar at Sheffield City General Hospital. He was Consultant Anæsthetist at Barnsley and District Hospitals from 1954–87.

Political career

He came from a family with a Liberal tradition. His father contested Pudsey and Otley as Liberal candidate at the 1929 General Election. His mother was elected a Liberal member of the

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. He was Liberal candidate for the new Gloucestershire West division at the 1950 General Election. He came third; He did not stand for parliament again.British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Houldsworth, Harold Basil 1922 births 1990 deaths Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Alumni of the University of Leeds British anaesthetists 20th-century British medical doctors Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 20th-century British Army personnel Royal Army Medical Corps officers