Alfred Roy Wise (7 July 1901 – 21 August 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Rugby and

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Biography

He was born on 7 July 1901 to Alfred Gascoyne Wise and Augusta Frances Nugent. His father was a judge for the

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, and his brother was Percival Kinnear Wise. He married Cassandra Coke and had one son, Group Captain Adam Nugent Wise LVO MBE RAF, born 1943. He was elected to the

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at the 1931 general election as

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(MP) for

, holding the seat until his defeat in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, when he contested Epping, replacing the Conservative candidature of Prime Minister Winston Churchill who had transferred to the new seat of Woodford. He returned to the

at the 1959 general election as MP for Rugby, winning the seat from the sitting Labour MP

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with a majority of only 407. Wise was re-elected at the 1964 election with a slightly increased majority of 1,689. However, at the 1966 general election he lost the seat to the Labour candidate, William Price by a margin of only 409 votes.Not updated: UK General Election results: March 1966
/ref> He died on 21 August 1974.

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* 1901 births 1974 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub