Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett
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Henry Ludwig Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett (10 May 1898 – 22 January 1949) was a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament for the Isle of Ely 1923-24 as a Liberal, and for Liverpool East Toxteth from 1929 to 1931 as a Conservative.
Mond was the eldest son of Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, a politician and minister, and worked in the family firm as a company director of Brunner, Mond and Co. and associated companies. He succeeded his father as Baron Melchett upon his death in 1930. His son Julius succeeded him as Baron Melchett in 1949. Julius' son Peter Robert Henry Mond, 4th Baron Melchett has been a Labour minister and director of Greenpeace UK.
He bought and restored Colworth House on the edge of the Bedfordshire village of Sharnbrook and lived there for twelve years, finally selling it to Unilever in 1947 due to his wife's conviction that moving to Florida would restore his health. During the Second World War he made the house available for the recuperation of exhausted British nurses from the cities and to house Jewish refugees.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Norman Coates |
Member of Parliament for Isle of Ely 1923–1924 |
Succeeded by Hugh Lucas-Tooth |
| Preceded by Albert Edward Jacob |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool East Toxteth 1929–1931 |
Succeeded by Patrick Buchan-Hepburn |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Alfred Moritz Mond |
Baron Melchett 1930–1949 |
Succeeded by Julius Mond |
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