Albert Braithwaite

Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite DSO MC MP (2 September 1893 – 20 October 1959) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Albert Braithwaite, one time Lord Mayor of Leeds, and Patti Braithwaite.

Albert Braithwaite DSO MC MP
Member of Parliament for Harrow West
In office 21 April 1951 – 20 October 1959
Preceded by	Guy Gaunt
Succeeded by	George Wadsworth
Member of Parliament for Buckrose
In office 5 May 1926 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by	Norman Bower
Succeeded by	John Page
Personal details
Born	(1893-09-02)2 September 1893 Horsforth, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Died	20 October 1959(1959-10-20) (aged 66)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	University of Leeds
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Army
Battles/wars	World War I

He was born in Horsforth, Yorkshire, and educated at Woodhouse Grove School, Leeds Grammar School and the University of Leeds. He served in the Yorkshire Hussars during World War I and was appointed a member of the British Military Commission to the United States. He was awarded a DSO in 1918.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for the Buckrose constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire at a by-election in 1926, following the resignation of the Conservative MP Guy Gaunt. He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when the Labour Party did not contest the seat and he was defeated by the Liberal Party candidate George Wadsworth. He was knighted in that year and was director of a number of companies.

Braithwaite returned to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1951, as MP for Harrow West, succeeding the Conservative Norman Bower, who had resigned. He held the seat until his death by suicide in 1959, weeks after retaining the seat in that year's general election.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Albert Braithwaite