Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, 1st Baronet MC, (26 February 1891 – 13 July 1985) was a Unionist politician in the

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. Gunston served with the

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and was awarded the

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in 1918. He was elected at the 1924 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Thornbury constituency, in

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, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate,

Joseph Alpass Joseph Herbert Alpass (2 February 1873 – 31 May 1969) was a British Labour Party politician. He was the chairman of one of meetings held during the Clarion Van visit to Stroud in July 1897 (where he is referred to as "Councillor Alpass") H ...

. In February 1938, he was made a

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, of

Wickwar Wickwar is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, located between Yate and Charfield. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 2,083. History Wickwar was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ...

in the

County of Gloucester Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the s ...

. In 1943, he was on a British Parliamentary Commission to investigate the future of

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; the other members were

Charles Ammon Charles George Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, PC, DL, JP (22 April 1873 – 2 April 1960) was a British Labour Party politician. Background and education The son of Charles George and Mary Ammon, he was educated at public elementary schools. He was ...

(Chairman) and

A. P. Herbert Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH (known as A. P. Herbert; 24 September 1890 – 11 November 1971), was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and, from 1935 to 1950, an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. Bo ...

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* 1891 births 1985 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 People from Wickwar Recipients of the Military Cross {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub