Английская Википедия:Herbert Mercer
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox military person Colonel Herbert Mercer (4 January 1862 – 8 February 1944) was a British Army officer and a Conservative politician and member of parliament in the 1920s.
Early life
Mercer was born on 7 January 1862 in Boxley, Kent, the son of Richard Mercer, a banker. He was educated at Harrow School and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1880.[1]
Military career
Mercer was commissioned in April 1881 as a second lieutenant in the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh militia. In January 1884 he was appointed as a lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon Guards.[2] Later as a major he served in the Boer War. During the First World War he commanded the 3rd Reserve Regiment.[3]
Parliamentary politics
Mercer was returned as the Member of Parliament for the Sudbury Division of Suffolk for the 1922 general election.[4] He lost the seat in the 1923 election to Liberal politician John Frederick Loverseed.[4]
Death
Mercer died on 8 February 1944 at Rotherfield, and was buried at Stradishall.[1] He had married in 1906 Elizabeth Bower, daughter of Thomas Bower of Stradishall Place, Suffolk.[5]
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