Sir John Wardlaw-Milne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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_in_1918.jpg) Sir John Sydney Wardlaw-Milne in 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Kidderminster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 November 1922 – 26 July 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Eric Knight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Louis Tolley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 May 1879 Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 1967 (aged 88) Grouville, Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Aimée Margaret Garden (m. 1907–1933: her death) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Banker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Branch/service | British Indian Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1917–1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1932) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm (unknown style) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902/03 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1907/08–1911/12 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: John Wardlaw-Milne at ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir John Sydney Wardlaw-Milne KBE (7 May 1879 – 11 July 1967) was a Scottish Conservative Party politician and a first-class cricketer. The son of a Scottish banker, Wardlaw-Milne spent the early part of his life in British India, where he became a prominent figure in Bombay civic society. It was in India that he played first-class cricket for Bombay and the Europeans cricket team. Following the First World War, he returned to the United Kingdom and was elected the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Kidderminster in 1922, an office he would hold until his defeat in the 1945 general election. As an MP, he was a member of the Imperial Economic Committee and during the Second World War was a critic of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, notably attempting to intitate a vote of no confidence against him in June and July 1942.