Sir Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes

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(19 January 1901 – 18 April 1986) was a British

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politician. Raikes was the son of Henry St. John Digby Raikes, eldest son of

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. His mother was Annie Lucinda (née Mackinnon). Educated at

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and

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, he unsuccessfully contested

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

and

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before being elected for South East Essex in

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

. During

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he served as a flight lieutenant in the

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. In

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

Raikes was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. In

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

, and

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

he was elected for Liverpool Garston. He left office in 1957 and was replaced by

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in a by-election.

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* 1901 births 1986 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Westminster School, London Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liverpool constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South East Essex {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub