Claude Weston

Claude Weston
2nd President of the National Party
In office
1936–1940
Preceded bySir George Wilson
Succeeded byAlex Gordon
Personal details
Born(1879-12-28)28 December 1879
Hokitika, New Zealand
Died10 November 1946(1946-11-10) (aged 66)
Wellington, New Zealand
Political partyNational
SpouseAgnes Weston
RelationsThomas Shailer Weston Jr. (brother)
Warwick Weston (uncle)[1]
Tom Shand (son-in-law)
ParentThomas S. Weston

Claude Horace Weston DSO KC (28 December 1879 – 10 November 1946) was a New Zealand lawyer, a lieutenant-colonel in World War I, and effectively the first president of the National Party (1936–1940).

  1. ^ Scholefield 1940, p. 484.