Henry Langton Brackenbury (26 April 1868 – 28 April 1920) was a British

United Kingdom

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 Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who served for two short periods as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Louth

Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....

 in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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He was first elected at the general election in January 1910, but was defeated at the December 1910 general election by the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 candidate Timothy Davies

Timothy Davies (politician)

Timothy Davies was a British Liberal Party politician who was twice elected as a Member of Parliament ....

. He regained the seat at the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

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, but died in office in 1920, aged 52.

The by-election after his death

Louth by-election, 1920

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, was won by the Liberal candidate Thomas Wintringham

Thomas Wintringham (Liberal politician)

Thomas Wintringham was a British Liberal Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Louth in Lincolnshire at a by-election in June 1920, but died in office the following year, aged 53...

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