Harcourt Johnstone

Harcourt Johnstone (1932)

Harcourt "Crinks" Johnstone , PC (birth name: Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone ; born May 19, 1895 in Kensington , † March 1, 1945 in Westminster ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party who, among other things, between 1923 and 1924, from 1931 to 1935 and again from 1940 to 1945 member of the House ( House of Commons ) was.

Life

Johnstone was the only child of the diplomat Alan Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone , who was envoy in Denmark between 1905 and 1910 and subsequently envoy in the Netherlands and Luxembourg from 1910 to 1917, as well as the American Antoinette Pinchot. His paternal grandfather was the liberal MP Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone , who after leaving the House of Commons in 1881 as 1st Baron Derwent, of Hackness, was raised to hereditary nobility in the North Riding of County York and thereby became a member of the House of Lords ( House of Lords ) . After attending the renowned Eton College , he studied at Balliol College at the University of Oxford , from which he graduated with a Master of Arts (MA). During the First World War he served as a member of the Rifle Brigade and temporarily on the General Staff of the British Army .

On March 3, 1923 Johnstone was at a by-election in the constituency Willesden East for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) elected and was this until his defeat in the general election on October 29, 1924 on. In the general election on October 27, 1931 , he was re-elected to the House of Commons, where he represented the constituency of South Shields until he was again defeated in the general election on November 14, 1935 . During this time he also acted between 1931 and 1932 as Deputy Parliamentary Secretary ( Assistant Whip ) of the Liberal Party faction .

On May 10, 1940 Johnstone was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Trade in the War Government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and held this office until his death on March 1, 1945. On August 7, 1940 he was also with a by-election in the constituency of Middlesbrough West re-elected as a member of the lower house, to which he now also belonged until his death. On July 22, 1943, he was furthermore he was a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) appointed.

Web links

• Harcourt Johnstone at Hansard (English)
• Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone on thepeerage.com , accessed July 25, 2018.
• PRIVY COUNSELLORS 1915-1968 in Leigh Rayment Peerage