Ralph Etherton
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Ralph Humphrey Etherton (11 February 1904 – 10 December 1987) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He was the son of Captain Louis Etherton.[1] He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1926.[2][3]
He became involved in Conservative politics, failing to win a parliamentary seat at Everton, Liverpool in 1935. In 1937, he unsuccessfully stood for election to the London County Council as a Municipal Reform Party candidate.[4] Two tears later, the 1939 Stretford by-election was caused by the death of Anthony Crossley, Member of Parliament for Stretford. Etherton won the contest and was elected to the seat.[5]
Etherton joined the Royal Air Force, rising from the rank of Pilot Officer to Flight Lieutenant.[6] On 15 December 1944, he married Johanne Cloherty in St Mary Undercroft, the crypt chapel of the Palace of Westminster.[1] He met his future wife while she was Charles de Gaulle's diplomatic driver.[2]
He lost his parliamentary seat at the 1945 general election.[7] He retired from active politics and pursued a career in business. He died in December 1987, aged 83.[2]
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- ↑ a b Marriages, The Times, 16 December 1944
- ↑ a b c Obituary of Mr Ralph Etherton, The Times, 9 January 1988
- ↑ Bar Examinations, 13 January 1926, p. 18
- ↑ Fight To Govern London, The Times, 2 March 1937, p. 13
- ↑ Unionist Victory at Stretford, The Times, 11 December 1939, p. 5
- ↑ The Times, 16 October 1940, p. 4; 16 September 1942, p. 7
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