Alan Dower

Alan Dower
Alan Dower
	In office; 1931–1935
Member of Parliament for Stockport
Member of Parliament for Penrith and Cockermouth
	In office; 1935–1950
Personal details
Born	Alan Vincent Gandar Dower; 28 March 1898
Died	6 May 1980 (aged 82)
Political party	Conservative
Relatives	Siblings Eric Gandar Dower, Kenneth Gandar-Dower
Occupation	Politician, army officer

Colonel Alan Vincent Gandar Dower (28 March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a British Army officer and politician.^[1] He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport from 1931 to 1935, and MP for Penrith and Cockermouth from 1935 to 1950.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Dower's brother Eric was also a Conservative MP, while another brother Kenneth was a well-known explorer.^[4] All used different versions of their surname: Dower, Gandar Dower and Gandar-Dower respectively.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "DOWER, Col Alan Vincent Gandar". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
^ Malies, J. (2004) "Gandar-Dower, Kenneth Cecil", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alan Gandar Dower

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Arnold Townend Samuel Hammersley	Member of Parliament for Stockport 1931 – 1935 With: Samuel Hammersley	Succeeded by Sir Arnold Gridley Norman Hulbert
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[whoswho-1] "DOWER, Col Alan Vincent Gandar". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)

[3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)

[4] Malies, J. (2004) "Gandar-Dower, Kenneth Cecil", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford

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