Sir John Dudley Robert Tarleton Tilney, (19 December 1907 – 26 April 1994) was a

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politician. He was

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(MP) for

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from 1950 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was

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from 1962 to 1964. He was the great grandson of the founder of RJ Tilney & Co. John Tilney was educated at

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. He was persuaded by John Brocklebank, the co-head of RJ Tilney & Co to begin with the firm in October 1928 before he had finished his degree course at

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. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in December 1932 and was admitted to the partnership in April 1933.

Personal life

He was the second husband of Dame Guinevere Hunter Tilney, née Grant, DBE (born 8 September 1916 – died 4 April 1997), whose affiliations included: *Vice-President,

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(1958–61) *President, National Council of Women of Great Britain (1968–70) *UK Representative on United Nations Commission on Status of Women (1970–73)Obituary for Dame Guinevere Tilney
independent.co.uk; accessed 9 April 2016.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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