- Frederick Burden
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name =Sir Frederick Frank Arthur Burden
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constituency_MP= Gillingham
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term_start =23 February 1950
term_end =9 June 1983
predecessor =Joseph Binns
successor =James Couchman
birth_date =27 December 1905
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death_date =6 July 1987
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party = Conservative
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footnotes =Sir Frederick Frank Arthur Burden (
27 December 1905 –6 July 1987 ) was a British Conservative politician.Early life
Burden was educated at the
Sloane School , Chelsea and was British schoolsboxing champion 1921-22. He served with theRoyal Air Force inWorld War II , first with a Polish unit then with Eastern Air Command, and later on the staff ofLord Mountbatten atSouth East Asia Command , attaining the rank ofSquadron Leader .He became a company director, including of
British Eagle International Airlines .Politics
Burden contested South Shields as a National Labour candidate in 1935, and as a Conservative stood in Finsbury in 1945 and Rotherhithe in a 1946
by-election .He was
Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham from 1950 to 1983. He was chairman of the Parliamentary Animal Welfare Group.By the time of his retirement at the age of 77, he was among one of the oldest sitting MPs.James Couchman was his successor.Political offices
References
*"Times Guide to the House of Commons", 1935, 1950, 1966 & 1979
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