Somerset de Chair
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Somerset Struben de Chair MP |
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Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk |
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In office 1935–1945 |
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Member of Parliament for Paddington South |
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In office 1950–1951 |
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| Born |
22 August 1911 Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 5 January 1995 (aged 83) Antigua, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1st) Thelma Grace Arbuthnot, (2nd) Carmen Appleton, (3rd) Margaret Patricia Manlove (née Field-Hart), (4th) Lady Juliet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam |
| Relations | Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair KCB KCMG MVO (father) |
| Children | 4 sons, 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Profession | Author/Politician |
| Religion | Anglican |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Royal Horse Guards |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Iraqi War (1941), Battle of Palmyra, Syria (1941) |
Somerset Struben de Chair (22 August 1911 – 5 January 1995) was a British author, politician and poet.
De Chair was the younger son of Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair, KCB, KCMG, MVO. He first was married on 8 October 1932 to Thelma Grace Arbuthnot (1911–1974), with whom he had two sons: Rodney Somerset and Peter Dudley.
His second wife, Carmen Appleton, gave birth to sons Rory and Somerset Carlo. Their marriage dissolved in 1958, allowing Somerset to marry his third wife, Margaret Patricia Manlove (née Field-Hart); they had a daughter, Teresa Loraine Aphrodite (who married Sir Toby Clarke, 6th Baronet). The third marriage was dissolved in 1974, and in the same year and at the age of sixty-three, he married his fourth wife, then 39 years old, Lady Juliet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, only child of Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 8th Earl FitzWilliam, who had previously been married to Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol. Somerset and Lady Juliet had a daughter, Helena, who married Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The hurdler Lawrence Somerset Clarke is his grandson.
He was educated at The King's School, Parramatta in New South Wales between 1923 and 1930 before attending Balliol College, Oxford.
He was Conservative MP for South West Norfolk between 1935 and 1945, losing his seat by 53 votes. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Paddington South from 1950 to 1951. He was one of the Conservatives who voted against the Government in the crucial Norway Debate in May 1940 that brought Winston Churchill into office.
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