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Harry Crookshank

AKA Henry Frederick Comfort Crookshank

Born: 27-May-1893
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: 17-Oct-1961
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55

Military service: British Army (Grenadier Guards, WWI, injured)

Became 1st Viscount Crookshank of Gainsborough in 1956, extinct upon his death.

Father: Harry Maule Crookshank
Mother: Emma Comfort

    High School: Eton College
    University: Magdalen College, Oxford University

    Lord Privy Seal (1952-55)
    UK Leader of the House of Commons (1951-55)
    UK Minister of Health (1951-52)
    UK Postmaster General (1942-45)
    UK Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1939-43)
    UK Parliamentary Secretary Mines (1935-39)
    UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary Home Office (1934-35)
    UK Member of Parliament for Gainsborough (1924-56)
    UK Diplomatic Service (1919-)
    Carlton Club
    Conservative Party (UK)
    Shrapnel Injury (1916)
    Castrated 1916 (shrapnel, WWI injury)


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