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Herbert Mercer
Born(1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Boxley, Kent, England
Died8 February 1944(1944-02-08) (aged 82)
Sussex, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch 3rd Dragoon Guards
Years of service1881-1908
RankColonel
Battles/wars Second Boer War

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mercer, Herbert (MRCR880H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "No. 25313". The London Gazette. 29 January 1884. p. 432.
  3. ^ "No. 28979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1914. p. 9498.
  4. ^ a b "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "S"". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2012.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  5. ^ "Mercer, Col Herbert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 September 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sudbury
19221923
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbert Mercer
Born(1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Boxley, Kent, England
Died8 February 1944(1944-02-08) (aged 82)
Sussex, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch 3rd Dragoon Guards
Years of service1881-1908
RankColonel
Battles/wars Second Boer War

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mercer, Herbert (MRCR880H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "No. 25313". The London Gazette. 29 January 1884. p. 432.
  3. ^ "No. 28979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1914. p. 9498.
  4. ^ a b "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "S"". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2012.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  5. ^ "Mercer, Col Herbert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 7 September 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sudbury
19221923
Succeeded by

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