Sir Anthony Fell (18 May 1914 – 20 March 1998) was a British
Conservative Party politician. He sat in the
House of Commons
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for most of the years from 1951 to 1983.
Early life
He was educated in
New Zealand
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and at
Bedford School.
Political career
Fell first stood for Parliament in
a by-election for the seat of Brigg in 1948, but was defeated by
Labour's Lance Mallalieu. He stood in
another by-election a year later for
Hammersmith South, but was beaten by
Thomas Williams, as he was in the
1950 General Election.
He was elected at the
1951 general election as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Great Yarmouth, a seat which had been held at the start of the 20th century by his grandfather
Sir Arthur Fell.
Yarmouth returned him to the Commons at three further elections. At the
1966 general election, Labour's
Hugh Gray won the seat, with a majority of 797.
Fell regained the seat at the
1970 general election, with a majority of over 3,000, and retained it through three further elections until he retired, aged 69, at the
1983 general election. He was knighted in 1982. His successor was
Michael Carttiss
Michael Reginald Harry Carttiss (born 11 March 1938) is a former United Kingdom, British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth (UK Pa ...
, another Conservative.
Fell was a member of the
Conservative Monday Club
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.
[Copping, Robert, ''The Story of The Monday Club - The First Decade'', Current Affairs Information Unit, London, April 1972: 21]
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1951–1955
UK MPs 1955–1959
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1970–1974
UK MPs 1974
UK MPs 1974–1979
UK MPs 1979–1983
People educated at Bedford School
1914 births
1998 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth
Politicians awarded knighthoods
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