Name Arthur Duckworth Role Politician | Died November 14, 1986 | |
Spouse Alice Hammond Duckworth (m. 1927–1945) People also search for Alice Hammond Duckworth, John Hammond, Benny Goodman, Rachel Goodman, Benjie Goodman | ||
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George Arthur Victor Duckworth (3 January 1901 – 14 November 1986), known as Arthur Duckworth, was a British Conservative Party politician.
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He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury at the 1929 general election. He was re-elected in 1931 and 1935, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 election.
In 1936, he won 7th place in the ballot for private member's bills, and proposed to bring forward a Medical and Surgical Appliances (Advertisement) Bill.
He announced in April 1945 that he would not stand again at the next election.
Personal life
Duckworth married Alice Frances Hammond, a fifth-generation descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, in March 1927. The couple were divorced in February 1945, on the grounds of his wife's adultery in New York.