Eric Errington, 1st Baronet

Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet (born March 17, 1900 in Glasgow , † June 3, 1973 in Anglesey ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party . He was a member of the House of Commons from 1935 to 1945 and from 1954 to 1970 .

Family and education

Errington was born under the name Smith in Glasgow, Scotland. His education he received at the Mill Hill School in London district of Mill Hill . He later moved to Liverpool College . He studied at Trinity College of Oxford University . In 1923 he was admitted to the Inner Temple as a barrister .

In 1924 Marjorie married Grant Bennett. The marriage had three children.

Military and political career

Towards the end of the First World War he entered the British Army and in 1918 was second lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders .

Errington first appeared on the political scene in the 1929 general election . He ran as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Hanley constituency , but was defeated. In the general election in 1931 he entered the constituency of Liverpool Scotland and could not prevail again. He was defeated by the Labor Party candidate with a clear deficit of 5,241 votes or 19.1%, making him one of the few Conservative Party candidates who did not win a seat in parliament in this election. In 1934 he was elected to Liverpool City Council. In the general election in 1935 , his party presented him as a candidate for the constituency of Bootle . This time he was able to beat Labor candidate John Kinley with a lead of 3,368 votes or 9.8%.

With the beginning of World War II , he enlisted in the Royal Air Force , where he served from 1939 to 1945 and achieved the rank of Wing Commander .

In the general election in 1945 , the Conservative Party lost almost 12% of the vote. In the course of this, Errington also lost in his constituency. The seat now fell to his challenger, against whom he had been able to prevail in the last election. After losing his mandate, Errington became involved within the party and in 1946 took a post within the National Conservative Convention , which he held until 1951. He also worked as a justice of the peace in Liverpool from 1948 . In 1952 he was knighted. After the parliamentarian for the constituency of Aldershot , Oliver Lyttelton , was raised to hereditary nobility , his associated move to the House of Lords made the by-election in Aldershot in 1954 necessary. From this Errington emerged as the clear winner with 60.1% of the votes. He was able to defend the seat until his retirement in 1970. In 1963 he was given the hereditary title of Baronet , of Ness in the County Palatine of Chester.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election result for the constituency of Liverpool Scotland in the general election of 1931
2. ↑ Election result for the constituency of Bootle in the general election of 1935 ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Sir Eric Errington at Hansard (English)
• Sir Eric Errington, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baronet, of Ness 1963-1973	Geoffrey Errington