Maurice Robert Hely-Hutchinson (22 May 1887 – 11 February 1961) was a

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politician in

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. He was elected as

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(MP) for

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at a by-election in 1937. He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when he stood down from

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. During The Great Depression Hely-Hutchinson caused some controversy when he remarked that the long-term unemployed should lose the right to vote. His parents were Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of the

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, and May Hely-Hutchinson. He was married to Melita Keppel, daughter of Admiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel.

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* Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 1887 births 1961 deaths Recipients of the Military Cross {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub