Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet CVO DL (13 June 1899 – 9 October 1987) was a British

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politician.

Early life

Studholme was the son of landowner William Paul Studholme and a grandson of New Zealand pioneer and politician

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. He was educated at

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and Magdalen College, Oxford and served as an officer in the

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Parliament

Studholme was

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(MP) for

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from a 1942 by-election until his retirement in 1966, when he was succeeded by

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. He served under

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and then Anthony Eden as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (i.e. a whip) from 1951 to 1956. In 1956, he was created a

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of Perridge in the County of Devon. He was Joint Honorary Treasury of the Conservative Party from 1956 to 1962. Michael Crick comments that his position as a whip suited him as he was "an appalling speaker" (whips by convention seldom speak in debates in the Commons), although he was considered a diligent constituency MP.Crick 1997, p118

Family

Studholme married Judith Joan Mary Whitbread, daughter of Henry William Whitbread and granddaughter of Samuel Whitbread, in 1929. He died in October 1987, aged 88, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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. He later served as a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1969.

References

* * *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * Michael Crick, ''Michael Heseltine: A Biography'', Hamish Hamilton, 1997, .

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* 1899 births 1987 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Studholme, Sir Henry 1st Baronet Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Devon UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 Members of London County Council Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Tavistock Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955 Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Moorhouse–Rhodes family {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub