Sir John Ward Spear (1848 – 27 April 1921) was a British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative politician. He was elected at the 1900 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tavistock division of Devon, with a majority of only 15 votes. He was defeated in

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by his Liberal Party predecessor

Hugh Luttrell Hugh Luttrell may refer to: * Hugh Luttrell (Liberal politician) Hugh Courtenay Fownes Luttrell (10 February 1857 – 14 January 1918) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was elected at the 1892 general election as Member of Parliament ...

, but cut Luttrell's majority in January 1910 and defeated him at the

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. He did not contest the 1918 general election, and retired from Parliament.

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* 1848 births 1921 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Unionist Party MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1910–1918 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Tavistock {{England-UK-MP-stub