Tom Sutcliffe (2 July 1865 – 8 January 1931)SUTCLIFFE, Tom
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 was an English businessman and

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politician. Educated at Haileybury and

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, Sutcliffe became head of the shipping company J. Sutcliffe and Sons. He was elected at the 1922 general election as the

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for

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. He was re-elected in

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, but did not contest the 1924 general election. He served as

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during the years 1929–30, and died aged 65 on 8 January 1931 at a nursing home in

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, England, .

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* * 1865 births 1931 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 British businesspeople in shipping People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Great Grimsby {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub