Sir Roger Conant, 1st Baronet

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Sir Roger John Edward Conant, 1st Baronet (28 May 1899 – 30 March 1973) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 25 years between 1931 and 1959.

At the 1929 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Chesterfield constituency, but won the seat at the 1931 general election when Labour split over Ramsay MacDonald's formation of a National Government.

He lost the Chesterfield seat at the 1935 general election, but after the retirement in 1937 of Stanley Baldwin, he was returned to Parliament at a by-election for the Balwin's Bewdley constituency in Worcestershire. He held the seat until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when he was elected as MP for Rutland and Stamford.

He retired from the House of Commons at the 1959 general election, having been made a baronet in 1954.

[edit] References

• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Benson	Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1931–1935	Succeeded by George Benson
Preceded by Stanley Baldwin	Member of Parliament for Bewdley 1937–1950	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby	Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford 1950–1959	Succeeded by Kenneth Lewis
Political offices
Preceded by Frank Collindridge	Comptroller of the Household 1951–1954	Succeeded by Tam Galbraith
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new creation)	Baronet (of Lyndon, Rutland) 1954–1973	Succeeded by John Conant