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Harry Wrightson (1874 – 29 January 1919) was a British Conservative politician. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Leyton West in 1918 General Election, but died before Parliament met.




Contents





  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Death


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




Early life


Wrightson was born in 1874. His father was the Reverend W.G. Wrightson, of Hurworth-on-Tees. During the First World War, Wrightson served as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Essex Royal Army Service Corps.[1]



Career


Wrightson was elected Conservative MP for Leyton West in the 1918 General Election. Within days of the declaration, Wrightson contracted influenza, which deteriorated to pneumonia, and he died early in 1919, aged 44, six days before the new Parliament met. It is likely he was a victim of the Spanish Flu pandemic. He thus became one of only a handful of elected British MPs never to have taken their seats.



Death


Wrightson died on 29 January 1919.



See also


  • List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service


References




  1. ^ The Times, death notice, 31 January 1919



  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs




Parliament of the United Kingdom

New constituency

Member of Parliament for Leyton West
1918–1919
Succeeded by
Alfred Ernest Newbould








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