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Chichester de Windt Crookshank, photographed by Walter Stoneman.

Lieutenant Colonel Chichester de Windt Crookshank (18 October 1868 – 23 October 1958) was a British Army officer and Unionist Member of Parliament, for Berwick and Haddington from 1924 until 1929; and for Bootle from 1931 until he retired in 1935.

Military career

Crookshank was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 23 July 1887, promoted to lieutenant on 23 July 1890, and to captain on 1 April 1898.[1] He served in the Second Boer War, and was slightly wounded in the battle of Paardeberg (February 1900).[2] He was then attached to the 7th Infantry division of the South Africa Field Force. In 1932 he was assigned as the King's Body Guard.

Political career

Crookshank was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington from 1924. He was unseated in 1929 by George Sinkinson of the Labour Party; and was returned to the House of Commons as Conservative MP for Bootle at the 1931 general election. Crookshank retired at the end of that Parliament in 1935.

References

  1. ^ Hart's Army list, 1901
  2. ^ "Casualties in the War". The Times. No. 36078. London. 1 March 1900. p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington
1924–1929 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bootle
1931–1935 		Succeeded by


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