William Shelton (UK politician)
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Sir Bill Shelton |
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Clapham |
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In office 1970 – February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret McKay |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Streatham |
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In office February 1974 – 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Duncan Sandys |
| Succeeded by | Keith Hill |
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William Jeremy Masefield Shelton 30 October 1929 Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Died | 2 January 2003 (aged 73) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Sir William Jeremy Masefield Shelton (30 October 1929 – 2 January 2003) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Clapham from 1970 to February 1974, then for Streatham from February 1974 until he lost the seat to Labour Party candidate Keith Hill in 1992.
Shelton was born in Plymouth, the son of Lt Col Richard Shelton of Guernsey, and attended Radley College in Radley, Berkshire. He was evacuated in 1940, studying at Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, on an English-Speaking Union scholarship, and then Worcester College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Then he lectured on economics for a year at the The University of Texas at Austin, before moving into business and advertising, which included work in South America.
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