George Arthur Victor Duckworth (3 January 1901 – 14 November 1986), known as Arthur Duckworth, was a British
Conservative Party politician.
He was elected as the
member of parliament (MP) for
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...
at the
1929 general election. He was re-elected in
1931 and
1935
Events
January
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, and held the seat until he retired from the
House of Commons
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at the
1945 election.
In 1936, he won 7th place in the ballot for
private member's bill
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s,
and proposed to bring forward a Medical and Surgical Appliances (Advertisement) Bill.
He announced in April 1945 that he would not stand again at the next election.
Personal life
Duckworth married Alice Frances Hammond, a fifth-generation descendant of
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into lead ...
, in March 1927; they had three daughters. The couple were divorced in February 1942, on the grounds of his wife's adultery in
New York;
she married the American bandleader
Benny Goodman; the following month.
References
External links
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1901 births
1986 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1931–1935
UK MPs 1935–1945
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