Sir Cedric Drewe (26 May 1896 – 21 January 1971) was a British
Conservative Party
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politician. He was the son of
Julius Drewe
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, the English businessman, retailer, and entrepreneur.
At the
1924 general election, he was elected to the
House of Commons
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as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
South Molton
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in
Devon
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, defeating the long-serving
Liberal
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MP,
George Lambert, who had held the seat since 1891.
Lambert regained the seat at the next contest, the
1929 general election, and went on to represent South Molton until he retired from the Commons at the
1945 general election.
Drewe returned to
Parliament
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two years later, at the
1931 general election, for the
Honiton constituency.
He held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the
1955 general election.
He never held ministerial office, but was a Conservative
whip
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for many years, and in
Winston Churchill
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's 1951–55 government, he was the government's deputy chief whip, with the formal title of
Treasurer of the Household
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.
Drewe was appointed into the
Royal Victorian Order
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, as a Knight Commander, by
Queen Elizabeth II
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, on 1 June 1953.
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1896 births
1971 deaths
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Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Honiton
Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945
Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945
Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957
Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955
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