- Basil Neven-Spence
Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden Neven-Spence (
12 June ,1888 -13 September ,1974 ) was a Scottish Conservative politician and military physician.Neven-Spence graduated from
Edinburgh University in 1911. He served with theRoyal Army Medical Corps , seconded to help theEgyptian Army and government ofSudan , and in theFirst World War , mainly in theMiddle East . In 1924 he returned to the United Kingdom to work as a specialist physician to theBritish Army inAldershot ,England , retiring from the Army in 1927 with the rank ofMajor .Neven-Spence's family had owned property in
Shetland for several generations and he became Vice-Convenor of ZetlandCounty Council .Neven-Spence first contested the Orkney and Shetland constituency in 1929, stepping down as candidate ahead of the 1931 election. He won in 1935 and served as
Member of Parliament until losing in 1950 toJo Grimond . He was knighted in 1945 and served as avice-Lieutenant of Scotland . He once lived on the island of Uyea.
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