Reginald Jaffray Lucas (1865 – 9 May 1914) was a British

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and

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politician. He was the son of Sir Thomas Lucas, 1st Baronet, decade at

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and

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. He was private secretary to two Unionist Chief Whips, Sir William Walrond, and

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. Then from 1900 to 1906 he was a

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(MP) for

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. After leaving the House of Commons he turned to writing. His most-highly regarded work was 'George II and his Ministers', and he also published several novels. After a painful illness of

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of the lungs, he committed suicide on 9 May 1914 at his home in London, by shooting himself with a revolver.

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* 1865 births 1914 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1900–1906 British politicians who committed suicide Suicides by firearm in England 20th-century English historians 1914 suicides {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub