Sir Ernest Whittome Shepperson, 1st Baronet (4 October 1874 – 22 August 1949) was a Conservative Party politician who was

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(MP) for

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from 1922 to 1945.

Political career

Shepperson was elected

(MP) for

in the 1922 general election as a member of the Conservative Party. As a farmer himself, he focused on agriculture and was a "champion" for the causes of other farmers. During discussions around the

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, he argued that imported meat should be taxed "in the interests of agriculture". He retired from parliament in 1945. He also served as a

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. Shepperson was knighted as part of the 1929 Dissolution Honours. He was made a

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in the 1945 Dissolution Honours. The title became extinct on his death.

Personal life

He was born in the village of

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. Shepperson died on 22 August 1949 at his home in Upwood,

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* 1874 births 1949 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub