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Sir Herbert Wragg (1880 – 13 February 1956) was a British
Conservative Party
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politician who served as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Belper
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in
Derbyshire
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from 1923 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1945.
He was first elected at the
1923 general election, winning the seat from the
Liberal
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MP
John Hancock
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. He was re-elected at the
1924 election, but at the
1929 general election he lost the seat to the
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candidate
Jack Lees.
Wragg regained the seat at the
1931 general election, and represented Belper in the
House of Commons
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until he retired at the
1945 general election.
He was a son of John Downing and Maria Wragg; his two brothers, Frederick William and Norman John, were killed in the First World War. The family grave is in St Wystan's Churchyard,
Bretby
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.
He was chairman of Thomas Wragg and Sons, Ltd, glazed ware manufacturers. Sir Herbert Wragg Way in
Swadlincote
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is named after him.
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1880 births
1956 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
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