- Sir David Gammans, 1st Baronet
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Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet (10 November 1895 – 8 February 1957), known as David Gammans, was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was first elected to Parliament at a by-election in 1941, following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey, Euan Wallace. Gammans held the North London seat until his own death in 1957, aged 61. The resulting 1957 Hornsey by-election was won for the Conservatives by his wife Muriel, known as Lady Gammans.
In Winston Churchill's 1951-55 government, he served as Assistant Postmaster-General, under Earl De La Warr. Gammans was made a Baronet, of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex in 1956 The baronetcy became extinct on his death.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Gammans
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Euan WallaceMember of Parliament for Hornsey
1941–1957Succeeded by
Lady GammansBaronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet
(of Hornsey)
1956–1957extinct Categories:- 1895 births
- 1957 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- UK MPs 1945–1950
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- Conservative MP (UK), 1890s birth stubs
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