sentences:  Educated at Dulwich College, Dulwich, London, prior to entering politics he served as a Vice Consul in Java between 1914 and 1920.He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Camberwell North West in 1924 but was defeated in 1929.He returned to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1930 as member for Bromley and sat until his death, which occurred during the 1945 general election.