Sir Robert John Price (26 April 1854 – 18 April 1926) was a British surgeon,

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and Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1918, and was one of only a few British politicians to have also pursued careers in both medicine and the law. He was the son of Edward Price of Highgate, North London and his wife Elvina née Mountford. He was educated at Cholmeley School, better known as

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, in Highgate and at

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, where he graduated M.R.C.S.E. in 1876. He was

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at the

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in 1883. Price elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Norfolk, and held the seat until he retired from

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at the 1918 general election. He was

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ed in 1908. Price died on 18 April 1926, a week before his 72nd birthday, at Sussex Mansions in London.

Personal life

In 1881 he married Eva Montgomery, daughter of

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, who had been a Liberal MP for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire.

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