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Howard Button

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Howard Stransom Button (died 1943) was a Conservative Member of Parliament for The Wrekin.

He won the seat in 1922. The Liberals had won at the previous general election, but the Independent Parliamentary Group won it at two by-elections in 1920. He stood down in 1923.

He was Chair of Middlesex County Council from 1933 to 1936, was knighted in 1936, and became High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1937.

See also

Sources

  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  • The Constitutional Year Book, 1929
  • Whitaker's Almanack, 1923 edition
  • "Obituary: Sir Howard Button. Public Life in London and Middlesex". The Times 20 August 1943. p. 8.
  • The London Gazette. 19 March 1937. p. 1819.