Major Sir John Dearman Birchall
TD (26 September 1875 – 6 January 1941
) was a British soldier and
Conservative Party
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politician. Son of Dearman Birchall (1828-1897), he was elected as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Leeds North East
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Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Crossgates, Roundhay ...
at the
1918 general election,
and held his seat in the
House of Commons
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for 22 years until he
resigned
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on 8 February 1940 through appointment as
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
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.
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1875 births
1941 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1922–1923
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars officers
Imperial Yeomanry officers
Church Estates Commissioners
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