Harry Legge-Bourke
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Sir Harry Legge-Bourke KBE |
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| Chairman of the 1922 Committee | |
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In office 1970–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Vere-Harvey |
| Succeeded by | Edward du Cann |
| Member of Parliament for Isle of Ely | |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 21 May 1973 |
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| Preceded by | James de Rothschild |
| Succeeded by | Clement Freud |
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Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke 16 May 1914 Windsor, Berkshire |
| Died | 21 May 1973 (aged 59) Chelsea, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Jean Grant (m. 1938) |
| Children | William Nigel Henry Heneage Victoria Lindsay |
| Parents | Nigel Walter Henry Legge-Bourke Victoria Alexandrina Wynn-Carington |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Major Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke KBE (16 May 1914 – 21 May 1973) was a British politician, and a Member of Parliament for Isle of Ely from 1945 until his death in 1973.
Legge-Bourke was born as the only child of Lt. Nigel Walter Henry Legge-Bourke (1889–1914), who was killed in action in World War I in October 1914, and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wynn-Carington (1892–1966). Through his paternal grandfather, soldier and courtier Henry Legge, he was a great-grandson of the 5th Earl of Dartmouth. His maternal grandfather was the Marquess of Lincolnshire, and his maternal grandmother, the Hon. Cecilia Margaret née Harbord, was the daughter of the 5th Baron Suffield.
He served alongside Jock Colville (his half–second cousin) as a Page of Honour from 1926. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Legge-Bourke was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1934. He served there throughout the World War II, rising to the rank of major. In 1941, he was liaison officer, GHQ, British Forces in Greece, and served with the 7th Armoured Division at El Alamein.
Legge-Bourke was elected Member of Parliament for Isle of Ely in 1945 as a member of the Conservative Party. His gain from the Liberal James de Rothschild was one of the few Conservative gains of the election. Legge-Bourke was prominent as a chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers. In 1960 he was invested as a KBE. As an East Anglian representative, he was particularly interested in land drainage and was vice-President of the Association of Drainage Authorities. A popular local MP, he did instruct Prime Minister Clement Attlee to "Change the bloody record" as he threw a coin at him – an incident which had him briefly debarred from the Commons.
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