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on three occasions (1927, 1933 and 1936) and the Champion Cup in 1935. Du Pré represented England in three
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from 1911 to 1940 and was chairman of council from 1933 to 1935.
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world, was a leading croquet player between the wars. He won the
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of the county in 1911 (Coronation Medal, 1911) and was a
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Lady Terrington
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As an administrator Du Pré served on the council of the
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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The Croquet Association Centenary Year Book 1897-1997
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contributions in Parliament by William Baring du Pré
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from 1896 to 1911; the family subsequently moved to
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DL
Conservative Party
James Du Pré
Wilton Park
Beaconsfield
Taplow
Buckinghamshire
Winchester College
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
King's Royal Rifle Corps
lieutenant
Second Boer War
Imperial Yeomanry
Lindley
Barberton
prisoner of war
2/1st Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery
Western Front
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
deputy lieutenant
JP
MP
Wycombe
by-election
Charles Cripps
Baron Parmoor
1918 general election
Coalition Conservative
1922 general election

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