Colonel Sir John Joseph Shute CMG DSO TD DL JP (6 September 1873 [1] – 13 September 1948) was a British volunteer soldier, businessman and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. [2]
Born in Liverpool, he was educated at St Edward's College (then the Catholic Institute of Liverpool).
His business career saw him acting as a partner in various Liverpool-based firms of cotton brokers. [3] [4] [5] [6] He was also chairman of Combined Egyptian Mills Ltd, based in Howe Bridge, near Wigan.
In 1896, he was promoted to lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment, [7] and in 1900 to captain. [8] The 1st Volunteer Battalion became the 5th Battalion on the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908. [9] Shute transferred to the 5th with many of his colleagues. [10] He served in the unit during the First World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), [11] the Territorial Decoration (TD) [12] and in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours he was made a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for his military services. [13] He remained in the TA after the war, being promoted to colonel in 1923. [14] He retired in 1930. [15]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange at a by-election in 1933 following the death of the Conservative MP Sir James Reynolds. Shute was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his narrow defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate Bessie Braddock.
In 1921, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the County Palatine of Lancaster. [16] He was knighted in the New Year Honours, 1935, "for political, public and social services in Lancashire, particularly in Liverpool". [17] [18] In 1938 he was appointed honorary colonel of a sub-unit of the Royal Army Service Corps, [19] relinquishing the appointment in 1948. [20]
Colonel Sir John Joseph Shute CMG DSO TD DL JP (6 September 1873 [1] – 13 September 1948) was a British volunteer soldier, businessman and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. [2]
Born in Liverpool, he was educated at St Edward's College (then the Catholic Institute of Liverpool).
His business career saw him acting as a partner in various Liverpool-based firms of cotton brokers. [3] [4] [5] [6] He was also chairman of Combined Egyptian Mills Ltd, based in Howe Bridge, near Wigan.
In 1896, he was promoted to lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment, [7] and in 1900 to captain. [8] The 1st Volunteer Battalion became the 5th Battalion on the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908. [9] Shute transferred to the 5th with many of his colleagues. [10] He served in the unit during the First World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), [11] the Territorial Decoration (TD) [12] and in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours he was made a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for his military services. [13] He remained in the TA after the war, being promoted to colonel in 1923. [14] He retired in 1930. [15]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange at a by-election in 1933 following the death of the Conservative MP Sir James Reynolds. Shute was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his narrow defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate Bessie Braddock.
In 1921, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the County Palatine of Lancaster. [16] He was knighted in the New Year Honours, 1935, "for political, public and social services in Lancashire, particularly in Liverpool". [17] [18] In 1938 he was appointed honorary colonel of a sub-unit of the Royal Army Service Corps, [19] relinquishing the appointment in 1948. [20]