Sir Douglas Lloyd Savory (17 August 1878 – 5 October 1969) was a professor of French and a member of the

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. He was born at Palgrave in Suffolk and educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Oxford. He taught French and English including at the

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before becoming Professor of French Language and Romance Philology at

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in 1909. In the First World War, he was attached to the Intelligence Division of the Admiralty. Following the death of Thomas Sinclair, Savory was elected unopposed as

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(MP) for the seat of Queen's University of Belfast, retiring from his university chair. He held the seat until its abolition in 1950, at which point he was elected for South Antrim, which he represented until 1955. He was knighted in 1952. He became special investigator into the

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of Polish officers in 1940. He was president of the Huguenot Society of London.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savory, Douglas Lloyd Savory 1878 births 1969 deaths UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Academics of Queen's University Belfast Katyn massacre investigators Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (since 1922) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Queen's University of Belfast