Basil Neven-Spence

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Sir Basil Neven-Spence
Neven-Spence in November 1969
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland
In office 14 November 1935 – 23 February 1950
Preceded by	Sir Robert Hamilton
Succeeded by	Jo Grimond
Personal details
Born	(1888-05-12)12 May 1888 Leith, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	13 September 1974(1974-09-13) (aged 86) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom[1]
Resting place	Uyea Chapel Cemetery, Uyea, Unst
Political party	Unionist Party
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1911–1927
Rank	Major
Unit	Royal Army Medical Corps
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Order of the Nile  Military Cross  Victory Medal  British War Medal

Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden Neven-Spence (12 June 1888 – 13 September 1974)^[2] was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and military physician.

Neven-Spence came from a prominent landowning family in the Shetland Islands.

Neven-Spence first contested the Orkney and Shetland constituency in 1929. He did not contest the seat in 1931, but was elected in 1935 and served as the Member of Parliament until he lost his seat at the 1950 general election to Jo Grimond of the Liberal Party. He was knighted in 1945 and served as Lord Lieutenant of Shetland from 1952 to 1963. As of 2023, Neven-Spence is the most recent MP for the Orkney and Shetland constituency to not be from either the Liberal Party or the Liberal Democrats.^[4] He once lived on the island of Uyea.

Family

Basil St. Clair Neven-Spence, Sir Basil's son, served in the Colonial Office following serving in World War II. Basil St. Clair died by suicide at the age of 22, after having been assigned to the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides.^[5]

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Basil Neven-Spence

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Robert Hamilton	Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland 1935–1950	Succeeded by Jo Grimond
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Arthur Nicolson	Lord Lieutenant of Shetland 1952–1963	Succeeded by Robert Bruce

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