Major Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle, MC, QC (23 September 1887 – 9 July 1974) was a

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politician in the United Kingdom. He later defected to the Conservative Party. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1918 to 1924 and from 1931 to 1945.

Life

He was the son of Joe Entwistle of

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and St Anne's on Sea, a cotton manufacturer, and was born 23 September 1887 in

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. He was educated at Bolton Grammar School, and graduated LL.B. from

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in 1908. He took solicitors' examinations in 1909, and qualified as a solicitor in 1910. In

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, Entwistle commanded the 235th Siege Battery of the

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. He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross. At the 1918 general election, Entwistle was elected as Liberal MP for Hull South West, and held the seat until he was defeated at the 1924 general election. He was an Asquithian Liberal, opposed to

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; he defeated a

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-holding seaman's candidate (

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). On the other hand, he has been counted as a coalition supporter. Entwistle was

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in 1919. He introduced in the House of Commons, as a private member's bill, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1923. The Act, to give women legal equality in divorce cases, in particular with respect to

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, was pressed for by

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and the

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, who had failed with a divorce reform bill in 1920, introduced Entwistle's bill in the House of Lords; the Act passed was aimed solely at removing the issue of a

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. Entwistle then devoted himself to the law and business. He left the rump Liberals under Lloyd George in early 1926, over land policy, with Alfred Mond, Henry Mond and J. Suenson-Taylor. After joining the Conservatives that year, he unsuccessfully contested

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at the 1929 general election.Craig, page 96 He won the seat as a Tory in

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, and held it until his defeat in the Labour Party landslide at the 1945 election. He was chairman from 1929 of Ballington Hosiery Ltd., formed to merge Ballington Ltd. of

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, London with The St. Albans Hosiery Mills. In 1931 Entwistle

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. He became Chairman of

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in 1934. He was

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in 1937, "for political and public services".

Family

Entwistle married in 1940 Ethel M. Towlson of Hale, Cheshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Entwistle, Cyril Fullard 1887 births 1974 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Knights Bachelor English King's Counsel People educated at Bolton School