Major Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas, 4th Baronet, (27 August 1889 – 2 May 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the member of parliament for

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in a by-election in 1939 and held the seat until he retired at the 1966 general election. Prior to his election, he had been the Portsmouth District Officer for Sir

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. The son of Sir Edward Lingard Lucas, 3rd Baronet, by his marriage to Mary Helen Chance, Lucas was educated at

Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England *Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States *Éton, a commune in the Meuse depa ...

and the

Royal Military College, Sandhurst The Royal Military College (RMC) was a United Kingdom, British military academy for training infantry and cavalry Officer (armed forces), officers of the British Army, British and British Indian Army, Indian Armies. It was founded in 1801 at Gre ...

. He fought in the

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, where he was wounded and became a

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. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the 4th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was decorated with the award of the

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) Other ranks (UK), other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth of ...

. Lucas married, firstly, Edith Cameron, daughter of Very Rev. David Barrie Cameron, on 20 December 1933. He married, secondly, Thelma Grace Arbuthnot, daughter of Harold Denison Arbuthnot and Anne Grace Lambert, on 20 October 1960. He bred

Sealyham terrier The Sealyham Terrier () is a rare Wales, Welsh breed of small to medium-sized terrier that originated in Wales as a working terrier, working dog. It is principally a white-bodied, coat (dog), rough-coated dog breed, breed, developed in the mid- ...

s. In the late 1940s, by crossing his Sealyhams with

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s he developed a breed of dog (which he described as "death to rats") and the

Lucas Terrier The Lucas Terrier is a small breed of dog of the terrier type which originated in England in the late 1940s. The breed was created by Sir Jocelyn Lucas at his Ilmer Kennels in Watford, Hertfordshire. All living authentic examples can trace thei ...

was named after him.The Lucas Terrier
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* 1889 births 1980 deaths People educated at Eton College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Dog writers 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 Recipients of the Military Cross Dog breeders Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Portsmouth {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub