Sir Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes KBE (19 January 1901 – 18 April 1986) was a British

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

politician. Raikes was the son of Henry St. John Digby Raikes, eldest son of

Henry Cecil Raikes Henry Cecil Raikes PC (18 November 1838 – 24 August 1891) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means between 1874 and 1880 and served as Postmaster General between 1886 and 1891. Background and education ...

. His mother was Annie Lucinda (née Mackinnon). Educated at

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and

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, he unsuccessfully contested

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

and

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before being elected for South East Essex in

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

. During World War II he served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. In 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 Raikes was elected as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency), Liverpool Wavertree. In 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950, 1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951, and 1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 he was elected for Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency), Liverpool Garston. He left office in 1957 and was replaced by Richard Martin Bingham in 1957 Liverpool Garston by-election, a by-election.

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*Times Guide to the House of Commons

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* 1901 births 1986 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Westminster School, London Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liverpool constituencies Politicians awarded knighthoods Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South East Essex {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub