Ralph Clarke (British politician)

For other people named Ralph Clarke, see Ralph Clarke (disambiguation).

Sir
Ralph Clarke
KBE TD DL
Member of Parliament for East Grinstead
In office
1936–1955
Preceded byHenry Cautley
Succeeded byEvelyn Emmet
Personal details
Born
Ralph Stephenson Clarke

(1892-08-17)17 August 1892
Died9 May 1970(1970-05-09) (aged 77)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Rebekah Mary Buxton
​
(m. 1921)​
ChildrenThree
ResidenceBorde Hill

Colonel Sir Ralph Stephenson Clarke, KBE, TD, DL (17 August 1892 – 9 May 1970)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Grinstead from 1936 to 1955.

He was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in July 1936, after East Grinstead's Conservative MP Henry Cautley was ennobled as Baron Cautley.[2] Clarke held the seat until he stood down at the 1955 general election.[3]

He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Sussex in 1932,[4] and in the 1955 New Year Honours, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), "for political and public services".[5]

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 481. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  3. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955: East Grinstead to Fife East". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. ^ "No. 33835". The London Gazette. 14 June 1932. p. 3875.
  5. ^ "No. 40366". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1955. p. 11.