Jocelyn Benedict Laurence Cadbury (3 March 1946 – 31 July 1982) was a British

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politician.

Early life and education

Jocelyn Cadbury was born in 1946, the son of

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and Joyce née Mathews, and the younger brother of

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and Sir

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. He was educated at

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and

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, where he graduated with a degree in Economics and Anthropology. Alongside his academic studies, he was a keen rower. In 1970, he began working at

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in Birmingham, as an industrial relations officer. From 1974, he worked for

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Political career

At the 1979 general election, on his second attempt, Cadbury was elected

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for Birmingham Northfield, defeating

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incumbent Raymond Carter. It was one of the Conservatives' best and most surprising results in that election, as a Labour majority of 10,597 was overturned into a Conservative one of 204 on a 10.2% swing. Cadbury argued for an alternative economic strategy to help the manufacturing industry. Together with other Conservative MPs, he supported a September 1981 pamphlet called "Changing Gear", which criticised the government's economic approach. In November 1981, Cadbury was appointed as

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to the Minister of State for Industry,

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Death

On 31 July 1982, Cadbury committed

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, shooting himself in the garden of his parents' home in

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. He was 36.

References

* ''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1979 * The

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(1999) *

External links

* 1946 births 1982 suicides Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British politicians who committed suicide Cadbury Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Bow Group People educated at Eton College Suicides by firearm in England UK MPs 1979–1983 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1940s-stub