Basil Neven-Spence
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Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden Neven-Spence (12 June 1888 - 13 September 1974) was a Scottish Conservative politician and military physician.
Neven-Spence graduated from Edinburgh University in 1911. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, seconded to help the Egyptian Army and government of Sudan, and in the First World War, mainly in the Middle East. In 1924 he returned to the United Kingdom to work as a specialist physician to the British Army in Aldershot, England, retiring from the Army in 1927 with the rank of Major.
Neven-Spence's family had owned property in Shetland for several generations and he became Vice-Convenor of Zetland County Council.
Neven-Spence first contested the Orkney and Shetland constituency in 1929, stepping down as candidate ahead of the 1931 election. He won in 1935 and served as Member of Parliament until losing in 1950 to Jo Grimond. He was knighted in 1945 and served as a vice-Lieutenant of Scotland. He once lived on the island of Uyea.
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| Preceded by Sir Robert Hamilton |
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland 1935–1950 |
Succeeded by Jo Grimond |
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