Major Sir Derrick W Gunston Bart, MC

Major Sir Derrick W Gunston Bart, MC
Title:Major Sir
First name:Derrick
Middle name(s):W
Surname:Gunston
Post-nominals:Bart, MC
Year elected:1933
Last year on list:1985
MembershipMember
Committee1964-1967
Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, 1st Baronet MC, (26 February 1891 – 13 July 1985) was a Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.

Gunston served with the Irish Guards in World War I and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.

He was elected at the 1924 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Thornbury constituency, in Gloucestershire, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Joseph Alpass.

In February 1938, he was made a baronet, of Wickwar in the County of Gloucester.

In 1943, he was on a British Parliamentary Commission to investigate the future of Newfoundland and Labrador; the other members were Charles Ammon (Chairman) and A. P. Herbert.

The photo shows him with his wife, Gardenia.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Curlew Redwing 1940-46 1952-55  
Lady Agnes Schooner 1953-56 1981  
Wapipi Auxiliary Centreboard Sloop 1961 1964  
Fram Auxiliary Centreboard Sloop 1965 1969  

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