linton, thorp, linton, theodore, thorp, february, 1884, july, 1950, british, politician, judge, kcmember, parliamentfor, nelson, colnein, office, october, 1931, november, 1935preceded, byarthur, greenwoodsucceeded, bysydney, silvermanpersonal, detailsbornlinto. Linton Theodore Thorp 21 February 1884 6 July 1950 was a British politician and judge Linton ThorpKCMember of Parliamentfor Nelson and ColneIn office 27 October 1931 14 November 1935Preceded byArthur GreenwoodSucceeded bySydney SilvermanPersonal detailsBornLinton Theodore Thorp 1884 02 21 21 February 1884Marlow Buckinghamshire EnglandDied6 July 1950 1950 07 06 aged 66 Political partyConservative Until 1935 Alma materUniversity College LondonBorn in Marlow in Buckinghamshire Thorp was educated at Manchester Grammar School and University College London He became a barrister at Lincoln s Inn in 1906 and from 1919 served as a judge overseas firstly in the Egyptian Supreme Court then from 1921 until 1924 in the Ottoman Porte Thorp later returned to the UK was made a King s Counsel in 1932 and a bencher of Lincoln s Inn in 1936 He served as the recorder of Saffron Walden and Maldon from 1932 to 1950 1 Thorp was also active in the Conservative Party and stood for the party in Nelson and Colne at the 1929 general election Although he was unsuccessful he stood again in 1931 and won the seat 1 In May 1935 Thorp resigned the whip of the National Government along with Frederick Wolfe Astbury Joseph Nall Alfred Todd and Katharine Stewart Murray Duchess of Atholl as they claimed that some aspects of government policy were too close to socialism and were unhappy with government policy on India However Thorp continued to identify himself with the Conservative Party 2 He stood in the 1935 general election as an independent Conservative losing his seat He was again unsuccessful when he stood as an independent with the backing of the pro Nazi Liberty Restoration League in the 1937 Farnham by election 1 References Edit a b c Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees Who s Who of British Members of Parliament vol 3 p 356 Stuart Ball Portrait of a Party The Conservative Party in Britain 1918 1945 p 358 Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byArthur Greenwood Member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne1931 1935 Succeeded bySydney Silverman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Linton Thorp amp oldid 1115797626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
