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Eric Knight (politician)

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Major Eric Ayshford Knight
Member of Parliament
for Kidderminster
In office
15 January 1910 – 15 November 1922
Preceded byEdmund Broughton Barnard
Succeeded byJohn Wardlaw-Milne
Personal details
Political partyConservative

Major Eric Ayshford Knight was a British Conservative Party politician.[1] He served as an Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Kidderminster between 1910 and 1922.

Parliamentary career

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Knight first contested the Kidderminster seat in the January 1910 general election and won the seat. he then kept his seat until the 1922 election. in 1914, Knight campaigned for volunteer soldiers to get paid a soldiers salary.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Kidderminster 1832-1983 (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ Philips, Julie (2016). Kidderminster in the Great War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 9781473873315.