Name Maurice Hely-Hutchinson Role Politician | Died February 11, 1961 Party Conservative Party | |
Maurice Robert Hely-Hutchinson (22 May 1887 – 11 February 1961) was a Conservative Party politician in England.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings in East Sussex at a by-election in 1937. He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when he stood down from Parliament. During The Great Depression Hely-Hutchinson caused some controversy when he remarked that the long-term unemployed should lose the right to vote.
His father was Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, the last Governor of the Cape Colony.
He was married to Melita Keppel, daughter of Admiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel.
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