Sir Percy John Pybus, 1st Baronet (25 January 1880 – 23 October 1935) was a British

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 Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

He was first elected at the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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, as the Liberal Member of Parliament

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 for Harwich

Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Essex

Essex

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.

In 1931, when Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald

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 split his party and formed a National Government

National Government 1931-1935

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, Pybus was one the Liberal MPs who left their party to form the breakaway National Liberal Party

National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

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 and join the government. Re-elected in Harwich at the 1931 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1931

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, Pybus served as Minister of Transport

Secretary of State for Transport

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 from 1931 until 1933.

He was made a Baronet

Baronet

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, of Harwich in the County of Essex, in January 1934, and died on 23 October 1935, just weeks before the 1935

United Kingdom general election, 1935

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 general election. His title became extinct on his death.

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