Sir Harold Sutcliffe (11 December 1897 – 20 January 1958) was a British

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politician and businessman. Born in

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, he was educated at Harrow and then Oriel College, Oxford. During the

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, in which he was badly gassed, he served in the Royal Field Artillery and in 1925 was called to the Bar at

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. He became an expert in the cotton trade and became a prominent figure in the City of London. In 1931 he was elected Member of Parliament for

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. He held the seat until it was abolished in 1950, when he was elected for the new

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constituency which he held until 1955. He lived at Mayroyd,

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. He was regularly financially supported by

businesses sympathetic to the

including - in July 1947 - members of the medical and legal fraternity such as Leeds solicitors Middleton & Sons as well as

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and auditors in Barnsley and Hebden Bridge. Another supporter, Sir George Martin, Lord Mayor of Leeds (1946-47) was, like Sutcliffe, a member of the Conservative Party. Described by ''The Times'' as 'never a very conspicuous figure at Westminster' and 'a persuasive rather than a demonstrative speaker', Sutcliffe became Parliamentary Private Secretary to

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in 1939, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to Osbert Peake first at the Home Office in 1942, then the Treasury and finally, after the 1951 general election, at the Ministry of National Insurance. He was knighted in 1953. He married Theodora Cochrane in 1926 and they had four children. One son,

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, later became a Member of Parliament.'Sir Harold Sutcliffe: Parliament and the City', ''The Times'' 21 January 1958.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutcliffe, Harold 1897 births 1958 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 Members of the Inner Temple