Arthur Holbrook

Colonel Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook, KBE VD JP DL (28 April 1850 – 24 December 1946) was a British newspaper proprietor and Conservative MP for Basingstoke.

He won the seat at a by-election in 1920, lost it in 1923, was re-elected in 1924, and stood down in 1929.

He was a newspaper proprietor; founder of the Southern Daily Mail; Fellow of the Institute of Journalists; President of the Newspaper Society, 1913–14; Chairman of Portsmouth Conservative Association, 1885–98; and President of Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, 1907–12. He commanded the Royal Army Service Corps, Salisbury Plain District, 1914–19.^[1]

References

^ 'HOLBROOK, Col Sir Arthur (Richard)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 15 May 2020

External links

Portraits of Sir Arthur Richard Holbrook at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Reginald Fletcher	Member of Parliament for Basingstoke 1924–1929	Succeeded by Gerard Wallop
Preceded by Auckland Geddes	Member of Parliament for Basingstoke 1920–1923	Succeeded by Reginald Fletcher

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[1] 'HOLBROOK, Col Sir Arthur (Richard)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 15 May 2020

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