Sir Percy John Pybus, 1st Baronet, (25 January 1880 – 23 October 1935) was a British

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politician.

Business career

Having completed an engineering apprenticeship John Pybus joined electrical engineers Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company when aged 26. During World War I he was appointed managing director. Phoenix became a major constituent of the amalgamation of businesses named English Electric in 1918 and Pybus became a joint managing director with two others. He was appointed managing director of English Electric in March 1921 and chairman in April 1926. He was a member of many boards of directors including ''The Times'' newspaper and chairman of others including Phoenix Assurance.Sir John Pybus, M.P. ''The Times'', Thursday, 24 Oct 1935; pg. 16; Issue 47203 In October 1928 he was selected as Liberal candidate for the Harwich Division.Ashton By-Election. '' The Times'', Monday, 22 Oct 1928; pg. 9; Issue 45030 He remained a director of English Electric.

Parliament

Pybus was first elected at the May 1929 general election, as the

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for Harwich in

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. In 1931, when

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Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald split the party and formed a National Government. Pybus was one of the Liberal MPs to receive a ministerial post but then left to help form the breakaway Liberal National Party. Re-elected in Harwich at the 1931 general election as a Liberal National, Pybus served as

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from 1931 until 1933.

Honours

Created a Commander of the British Empire in 1917 he was made a

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, of Harwich in the County of Essex, in January 1934, and died on 23 October 1935, just weeks before the 1935 general election. His title became extinct on his death.

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* 1880 births 1935 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 Pybus, Sir Percy, 1st Baronet National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) politicians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Secretaries of State for Transport (UK) {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub