John Henderson (Conservative politician)

Sir John Henderson

JP (12 July 1888 – 28 May 1975) was a Scottish Conservative party

The son of John Henderson and Ellen Shiels, Henderson was educated at the Martyrs' Public School, Glasgow.^[1]

He married in 1918, Nessie Brander, of Crosshill, Glasgow, and with her had one son and one daughter. A business man, he was chairman of his own company, J. Henderson, Ltd., Produce Importers, of Glasgow. He was a member of the

Justice of the Peace and Police Judge for the City of Glasgow.^[1]

Henderson was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1946, as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart. He held his seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1964 general election.^[1]

In parliament, he served as a Member of Inter-Parliamentary Delegations to

International Council for Christian Leadership.^[1]

He was

knighted in 1964. His wife died in 1971 and, in 1972, he married Margaret Whiteley, a widow. He died on 28 May 1975. His address at the time of his death was Dundrennan, 658, Clarkston Road, Netherlee, Glasgow.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 'HENDERSON, Sir John’, in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 2 January 2011

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[better source needed]}

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Henderson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis Beattie	Member of Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart 1946–1964	Succeeded by Teddy Taylor

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[who-1] 'HENDERSON, Sir John’, in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 2 January 2011

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