Patrick Seely
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| Born | Arthur Patrick William Seely 18 August 1905 Isle of Wight, United Kingdom |
| Died | 4 December 1966 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | Land agent |
Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone Land Agent on the Isle of Wight and a British Liberal Party politician.
Background
He was the third son of
John Seely as Baron Mottistone. In 1966 upon his death he was succeeded by his half-brother David Seely.[1]
Military career
He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 95th (
57th (Wessex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery on 27 June 1934. He was re-commissioned as a Lieutenant on 1 May 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II.[2] In 1940 he was promoted to Captain. In 1942 he was promoted to Major. After the war, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the TA and given command of the former 57th (Wessex) when it was reformed as the 457th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[1][3]
Political career
In 1934 he followed his father into politics on the Isle of Wight when he was elected as a
Isle of Wight County Council until resigning in May 1938.[4] Around 1937 he was selected by the Isle of Wight Liberals to be their prospective parliamentary candidate,[5] but by 1939 had been replaced by Helen de Guerry Browne. After the war he was Liberal candidate for the Nottingham East
Division at the 1945 General Election. This was a former Liberal seat that was lost in 1931 and where the Liberals had come third in 1935. Although he finished third he was able to increase the Liberal vote share;
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Harrison | 12,075 | 40.2 | +14.5 | |
| Conservative | Louis Halle Gluckstein | 11,227 | 37.4 | -20.3 | |
| Liberal | Maj. Hon. Arthur Patrick William Seely | 5,658 | 18.8 | +2.2 | |
Independent Labour
|
George Twells | 1,072 | 3.6 | n/a | |
| Majority | 848 | 2.8 | -29.3 | ||
| Turnout | 72.0 | +3.9 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.4 | |||
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References
- ^ a b ‘MOTTISTONE, Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron’, in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007); online edition by Oxford University Press, 2012, accessed 28 Feb 2014 (subscription required)
- ^ Monthly Army Lists.
- ^ Burke's Peerage
- ^ Portsmouth Evening News, 7 May 1938
- ^ The Liberal Magazine - Volume 45, 1937
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Craig, F.W.S.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.