Reginald Lucas
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Reginald Jaffray Lucas (1865 – 9 May 1914)[1] was a British historian and Conservative Party politician.[2]
He was the son of
Sir Thomas Lucas, 1st Baronet, decade at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge
.
He was private secretary to two Unionist Chief Whips,
Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth
.
After leaving the House of Commons he turned to writing. His most-highly regarded work was 'George II and his Ministers', and he also published several novels.
After a painful illness of tuberculosis of the lungs, he committed suicide on 9 May 1914 at his home in London, by shooting himself with a revolver.[3]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ^ . The Times. No. 40520. 11 May 1914.
- ^ . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. No. 17946. 13 May 1914.
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