Charles Samuel Garland (23 June 1887 – 6 December 1960) was a

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politician and chemist. Born in

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, he was the son of Charles Garland and his Annie ''née'' Mayo. He was educated at

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, Camberwell and the

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. He graduated with a

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degree from the

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, subsequently becoming an

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, a Fellow of the

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and Chartered Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. At the 1922 general election he was elected as Conservative member of parliament for Islington South but lost his seat when a further election was held in the following year. For the rest of his life he was involved in the chemical industry. From 1925 to 1951, he was vice president and honorary treasurer of the National Union of Manufacturers and its president from 1956 to 1958. He also held the office of president of the British Association of Chemists in 1925-26 and of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 1941–42. He was also a crown governor and fellow of the

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* 1887 births 1960 deaths UK MPs 1922–1923 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Wilson's School, Wallington Alumni of the Royal College of Science Fellows of the Royal Institute of Chemistry {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub