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John Markham Baldock (19 November 1915 – 3 October 2003) was a British
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politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1950s. Baldock was born in
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,
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. He attended
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. At the 1950 general election, he was elected as the MP for
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in
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, defeating the sitting Labour MP Humphrey Attewell. Baldock held the seat until he stood down from the
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at the 1959 general election. He died in
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aged 87. An amateur
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sman, he sailed the ketch-rigged yacht ''Racundra'', originally built for
Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...
, for about 20 years.


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* 1915 births 2003 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 British sailors People educated at Rugby School {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1910s-stub