Word: kinross
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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Because the Duchess of Atholl spoke out against the Peace of Munich, the Kinross and West Perth Unionist Association (a Conservative Party political club) refused to renominate her for the House of Commons, where she has served 13 years. Thereupon the Duke, who was president of the club, resigned, declared his wife would stand her next election as an independent, snapped: "And she's bound to be elected...
...Duchess' disclosure had an air of authenticity because she is an M. P. who gets around, keeps her ears and eyes open. Since 1923 she has been a member from the backward Scottish agricultural constituency of West Perth and Kinross. At the outbreak of the two-year-old war in Spain, she refused to take sides. Year later she became publicly pro-Leftist, accepted the chairmanship of Britain's National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief and inaugurated the scheme which brought 4,000 Leftist moppets as refugees to England. Last April she resigned as Government whip, now votes...