Lieutenant-Colonel John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood, DSO (1877–1924), was a British landowner and Conservative politician.

Career

Kirkwood was the eldest son and heir of Major James Morrison Kirkwood (1839–1907), of

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, by his wife Isabel Brockman (died 1926).Burke's, 1937 He inherited the Yeo Vale estate on his father's death in 1907, and also owned land in Ireland, including in

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and

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where (by March 1916) he sold 4,000 acres to the Congested Districts' Board. He was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the 7th Dragoon Guards on 30 May 1900, was promoted to

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and served in the

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before he resigned from the regular army. In October 1902 he was appointed a lieutenant in the

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, a yeomanry regiment from his home county. He later re-enlisted for active service in

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, and became a

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. He served as a

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for

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Kirkwood was elected a

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for South East Essex in January 1910, was re-elected in

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, but resigned only two years later, in early 1912.British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Family

Kirkwood married in 1902 Gertrude Lyle, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Park Lyle, 1st Baronet (1859–1923), of Greenock. They had several children, including Sir Robert Lucian Morrison Kirkwood, KCMG (1904–1984).Burke's, 1937

References

;Sources *''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry'', 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, p. 1301, pedigree of Kirkham of Yeo Vale

External links

* 1877 births 1924 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1910–1918 7th Dragoon Guards officers People from Torridge District Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South East Essex {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub