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Rowland Burdon (Sedgefield MP)

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29: 181:, who told the selection meeting of the South East Durham Conservative Association that the candidate should be "well-known, popular, and living in the constituency". Burdon accepted the nomination as a duty in a time of crisis, asserting that "a man who shirked his duty was as much a traitor to his country as the man who betrayed it in a military sense". 187:
described him as "a strong local candidate" who "may possibly recover Mr. Lambton's former seat", but the swing of 3.6% was not enough. Burdon halved Hayward's majority, to 1,182 votes (7.8% of the total), down from 15% in January 1910.
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Burdon died at Castle Eden on 1 August 1944, aged 87. In October 1947 his daughter Mrs Sclater-Booth presented the Castle Eden Vase to the
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he became Honorary Colonel of the 5th Battalion in 1911. He was awarded the
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Burdon was the son of the Reverend John Burdon, from
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English landowner and Conservative Party politician
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He was educated at 7: 720:Alumni of University College, Oxford 281:. London: Dean & Son. p. 25 165:, when the sitting Liberal Unionist 700:19th-century British Army personnel 153:, Burdon unsuccessfully contested 14: 372:. 3 May 1898. pp. 2744–2745. 352:. 15 December 1911. p. 9454. 332:. 20 November 1900. p. 7142. 715:People educated at Repton School 637:Parliament of the United Kingdom 487:. 28 January 1919. p. 1358. 199:of County Durham. Standing as a 32:Burdon's seat in County Durham: 21:Rowland Burdon (disambiguation) 750:Durham Light Infantry officers 151:December 1910 general election 118:and Little Eden, and lived at 1: 312:. 1 March 1907. p. 1462. 740:Deputy lieutenants of Durham 766: 92:University College, Oxford 18: 663: 649:Member of Parliament for 647: 642: 635: 219:. He did not contest the 745:Volunteer Force officers 735:High sheriffs of Durham 710:People from Castle Eden 581:(subscription required) 549:(subscription required) 439:(subscription required) 420:"Election Intelligence" 130:in 1907. He was also a 120:the Castle, Castle Eden 34:the Castle, Castle Eden 597:British Museum website 191:He was elected at the 128:High Sheriff of Durham 37: 695:British Army colonels 221:1922 general election 193:1918 general election 140:Durham Light Infantry 122:. He was appointed a 78:Early life and family 31: 205:coalition government 203:(a supporter of the 169:was defeated by the 144:Volunteer Decoration 132:Justice of the Peace 197:Sedgefield division 74:from 1918 to 1922. 484:The London Gazette 369:The London Gazette 349:The London Gazette 329:The London Gazette 309:The London Gazette 209:David Lloyd George 201:Coalition Unionist 136:lieutenant colonel 64:Conservative Party 38: 673: 672: 664:Succeeded by 167:Frederick Lambton 159:Liberal Unionists 155:South East Durham 124:deputy lieutenant 112:Lord of the Manor 757: 730:UK MPs 1918–1922 644:New constituency 633: 609: 608: 606: 604: 589: 583: 582: 579: 577: 575: 560: 551: 550: 547: 545: 543: 526: 520: 519: 498: 489: 488: 475: 469: 468: 466: 464: 447: 441: 440: 437: 435: 433: 416: 407: 406: 385: 374: 373: 360: 354: 353: 340: 334: 333: 320: 314: 313: 300: 291: 290: 288: 286: 274: 257: 252: 179:Lord Londonderry 72:House of Commons 70:. 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Rowland Burdon (disambiguation)

the Castle, Castle Eden
Colonel
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DL
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landowner
Conservative Party
County Durham
House of Commons
Castle Eden
Repton School
University College, Oxford
Monty's Court
Taunton
Lord of the Manor
Castle Eden
the Castle, Castle Eden
deputy lieutenant
High Sheriff of Durham
Justice of the Peace
lieutenant colonel
Durham Light Infantry
Volunteer Decoration
December 1910 general election
South East Durham
Liberal Unionists
January 1910
Frederick Lambton

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