Gordon Ralph Hall Caine

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(15 August 1884 – 5 March 1962) was a British publisher and Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Dorset East between 1922 and 1929, and again between 1931 and 1945. Caine was the son of British novelist Thomas Henry Hall Caine and his wife Mary Chandler. He was born at

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London. His father had dramatic interests in America and in 1902 Gordon Caine was in America to study business methods and consider publishing an American version of

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. With his brother,

Derwent Hall Caine Sir Derwent Hall Caine, 1st Baronet (12 September 18912 December 1971) was a British actor, publisher and Labour politician. Biography Caine was the son of British novelist Hall Caine and his wife Mary Chandler. He was born at Keswick in Cumb ...

, he founded the publishing house The Reader's Library. In 1920 as Deputy Controller of Paper, he was appointed a

. At the 1922 general election Hall Caine was elected

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(MP) for

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as an Independent Conservative. He took the Conservative Whip in 1923 and held the seat until the 1929 general election, when he lost to Liberal candidate

Alec Glassey Alec Ewart Glassey (29 December 1887 – 26 June 1970) was a British Liberal politician. He was Member of Parliament for East Dorset from 1929 to 1931. Early life Glassey was born at Normanton, Yorkshire, the son of the Reverend William Glassey, ...

. In the 1931 general election he regained the East Dorset seat, this time until 1945. His brother Derwent had won Everton in 1929 as a Labour candidate, but lost it in 1931. Hall Caine had residences at Greeba Castle (previously owned by his father) and at Maidenhead, Wooley Firs. In the 1950s he moved with his second wife, Sarah Tripp, into a townhouse in Park Lane, which was round the corner from his office at Old Burlington Street.

Hall Caine Airport

In 1935 Gordon Hall Caine and

established the Hall Caine Airport on the Isle of Man. Both Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine's sons were particularly keen on the development of an aerodrome in the north of the

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, as they saw it as another bit of the Island as being associated with their late father. They were said to be extremely interested in the progress of the

and in particular its transport infrastructure. They also wished to include Ramsey's municipal authority in the project, as they were both of the opinion that the aerodrome would bring immense benefit to the town. Hall Caine at Hall Caine!

Amongst the ambitious plans envisaged by Derwent Hall Caine was the inclusion of the airfield as part of an air network running the length of the country from Jersey and staging through numerous destinations including Close Lake, terminating at Campbeltown. In an interview with the ''Ramsey Courier'' Derwent Hall Caine stated that from the introduction of air services, the site was to be known as Hall Caine Manx Airport. This was subsequently changed to the Hall Caine Airport, Ramsey. With all parties duly satisfied, Hall Caine Airport officially came into being on 30 April 1935. Hall Caine Airport flourished from 1935 until it ceased commercial operations in 1937.''Ramsey Courier.'' Friday, April 10, 1953; Page: 4

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