UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 15 August 1872

Died: 18 November 1949

1st Baron Rushcliffe - 24 January 1935

1st Baronet - 30 July 1929

Member of Privy Council - 9 November 1931

son of Henry Inman Betterton

son of Agnes Bucknall

husband of Violet Gilliat

husband of Inez Alfreda Lubbock

Rugby School

Christ Church, Oxford

Inner Temple

Barrister

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour	1923	1924
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour	1924	1929
Minister of Labour	25 August 1931	29 June 1934

14 December 1918	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,848	52.40
15 November 1922	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,822	56.83
6 December 1923	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,427	44.56
29 October 1924	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,733	65.00
30 May 1929	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,145	41.68
27 October 1931	Rushcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,670	72.12
29 June 1934 Resignation of Sir Henry Betterton, Bt on appointment as Chairman of the Unemployment Assistance Board.