Chichester de Windt Crookshank (18 October 1868 – 23 October 1958) KStJ, was a British Army officer and Unionist Member of Parliament, for Berwick and Haddington from 1924 until 1929; and for Bootle from 1931 until he retired in 1935.
Chichester de Windt Crookshank | |
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 Chichester de Windt Crookshank, photographed by Walter Stoneman | |
| Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington | |
| In office 1924–1929 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Spence |
| Succeeded by | George Sinkinson |
| Member of Parliament for Bootle | |
| In office 1931–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Vivian Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Eric Errington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 October 1868 British India |
| Died | 23 October 1958 (aged 90) Johnstounburn, Humbie, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Spouse |
Mary Murray Usher (m. 1910) |
| Children | Esther Marion Patricia Crookshank (daughter) William Usher Crookshank (son) Arthur Patrick Usher Crookshank (son) George Howard Usher Crookshank (son) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | British Army |
| Branch/service | Royal Engineers |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War Battle of Paardeberg |
Military career
editCrookshank was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 23 July 1887, promoted to lieutenant on 23 July 1890, and to captain on 1 April 1898.[1] He served in the Second Boer War, and was slightly wounded in the Battle of Paardeberg in February 1900).[2] He was then attached to the 7th Infantry division of the South Africa Field Force.
Political career
editCrookshank was the Unionist Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington from 1924. He was unseated in 1929 by George Sinkinson of the Labour Party; and was returned to the House of Commons as Conservative MP for Bootle at the 1931 general election. In 1932 he was assigned as the King's Body Guard. Crookshank retired at the end of that Parliament in 1935.
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Authorship
editCrookshank was the author of the 1921 book Prints of British Military Operations, dealing with 52 military operations.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Hart's Army list, 1901
- ^ "Casualties in the War". The Times. No. 36078. London. 1 March 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 145. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ Crookshank, C. de W. (1921). Prints of British Military Operations. London: Adlard & Son & West Newman.
- ^ "Review of Prints of British Military Operations". Notes and Queries. Oxford University Press: 100. 4 February 1922.
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