Major Lawrence Kimball (25 October 1900 – 30 December 1971) was a

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politician who served as the Member of

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for

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between 1931 and 1945.

Life

Lawrence Kimball, born in 1900, was the son of Marcus Morton Kimball and Jeannie Lawrence Perkins, and the father of Marcus, Lord Kimball. He was educated abroad and at

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. In 1926, he was called to the bar at

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, and five years later was made High Sheriff of

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. That same year, he was elected to represent Loughborough in the

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, defeating the sitting

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MP,

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. Kimball himself lost the seat by nearly 9,000 votes to Labour's

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in 1945, and afterwards retired to the family estate in

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References

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 1900 births 1971 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Loughborough {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub