Captain Richard George Briscoe MC (15 August 1893 – 11 December 1957) was a British soldier and politician from Longstowe in Cambridgeshire. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire from 1923 to 1945. He was born in Brewood,

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,''1901 England Census'' the son of William Arthur Briscoe, of Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshire. He was educated at Eton College and

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

. During the First World War, he served in the Grenadier Guards and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. He served again in the Second World War. He died suddenly in 1957 in London.

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* 1893 births 1957 deaths UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Grenadier Guards officers People from South Cambridgeshire District People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub