John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston
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John Charles Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston PC (2 April 1895 – 22 July 1964) was a British Labour Party politician..
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fulham East at a by-election in 1933, but lost his seat the 1935 general election.
He returned to the House of Commons at another by-election, in 1939 as MP for Kennington. He was re-elected at the 1945 election for the Deptford constituency, before retiring from Parliament at the 1950 general election. He was then elevated to the peerage as Baron Wilmot of Selmeston; the title became extinct on his death in 1966.
In Clement Attlee's post-war government, he was Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1945.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Kenyon Pascoe Vaughan-Morgan |
Member of Parliament for Fulham East 1933–1935 |
Succeeded by William Waldorf Astor |
| Preceded by Sir George Harvey |
Member of Parliament for Kennington 1939–1945 |
Succeeded by Charles William Gibson |
| Preceded by Walter Henry Green |
Member of Parliament for Deptford 1945–1950 |
Succeeded by John Cooper |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Andrew Duncan |
Minister of Supply 1945–1947 |
Succeeded by George Strauss |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baron Wilmot of Selmeston 1950–1964 |
Succeeded by (extinct) |
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