Major Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas, 4th Baronet, (27 August 1889 – 2 May 1980) was a British

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politician. He was elected as the

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for Portsmouth South in a by-election in 1939 and held the seat until he retired at the 1966 general election. Prior to his election he had been the Portsmouth District Officer for Sir

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. The son of Sir Edward Lingard Lucas, 3rd Baronet, by his marriage to Mary Helen Chance, Lucas was educated at Eton College, Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded and became a prisoner of war. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the 4th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was decorated with the award of the Military Cross. Lucas married, firstly, Edith Cameron, daughter of Very Rev. David Barrie Cameron, on 20 December 1933. He married, secondly, Thelma Grace Arbuthnot, daughter of Harold Denison Arbuthnot and Anne Grace Lambert, on 20 October 1960. He bred Sealyham terriers. In the late 1940s, by crossing his Sealyhams with Norfolk terriers he developed a breed of dog (which he described as "death to rats") and the Lucas Terrier was named after him.The Lucas Terrier
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* 1889 births 1980 deaths People educated at Eton College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 Recipients of the Military Cross Dog breeders {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub