Sir Cedric Drewe KCVO (26 May 1896 – 21 January 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Julius Drewe, the English businessman, retailer, and entrepreneur.[1]
At the 1924 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Molton in Devon, defeating the long-serving Liberal MP, George Lambert, who had held the seat since 1891.[2] Lambert regained the seat at the next contest, the 1929 general election, and went on to represent South Molton until he retired from the Commons at the 1945 general election.
Drewe returned to Parliament two years later, at the 1931 general election, for the Honiton constituency.[2] He held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1955 general election.
He never held ministerial office, but was a Conservative whip for many years, and in the Third Churchill ministry, he was the government's deputy chief whip, with the formal title of Treasurer of the Household.[3][4]
Drewe was appointed into the Royal Victorian Order, as a Knight Commander, by Queen Elizabeth II, on 1 June 1953.[5]
References
- ^ "Sir Cedric Drewe, K.C.V.O., M.P." Geni. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
- ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
- ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood" (PDF). The London Gazette. 26 May 1953. p. 2946. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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