Sir John Smedley Crooke (1861 – 13 October 1951) was a British politician. He was

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(MP) for Birmingham Deritend from 1922 to 1929, and from 1931 to 1945. An annual football tournament named the Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup was set up in his name to raise money for blind and visually impaired people. A street in

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also bears his name.

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* 1861 births 1951 deaths UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Knights Bachelor {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub