Smedley Crooke
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Sir John Smedley Crooke (1861 – 13 October 1951) was a British politician.[1] He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Deritend from 1922 to 1929, and from 1931 to 1945.[1][2] An annual football tournament named the Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup was set up in his name to raise money for blind and visually impaired people.[3] A street in Hopwood, Worcestershire also bears his name.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CROOKE, Sir (John) Smedley". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ "Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup". The Football Association. 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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