Harry Mackeson

Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Baronet (25 May 1905 – 25 January 1964) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.^[1]

Sir Harry Mackeson 1st Baronet
Secretary for Overseas Trade
In office 28 May 1952 – 3 September 1953
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Henry Hopkinson
Succeeded by	Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
In office 26 October 1951 – 28 May 1952 Serving with Herbert Butcher
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Robert Taylor
Succeeded by	Edward Heath Herbert Butcher
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons
In office 18 March 1950 – 26 October 1951 Serving with Cedric Drewe
Leader	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Cedric Drewe
Succeeded by	Robert Taylor
Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe Hythe (1945–1950)
In office 5 July 1945 – 8 October 1959
Preceded by	Rupert Brabner
Succeeded by	Albert Costain
Personal details
Born	Harry Ripley Mackeson (1905-05-25)25 May 1905
Died	25 January 1964(1964-01-25) (aged 58)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Alethea Chetwynd-Talbot
Parent	Henry Mackeson & Ella Ripley

Early life

Mackeson was the son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley. He served in the Royal Scots Greys regiment of the British Army and achieved the rank of Brigadier.

Political career

In 1945 he was elected to the House of Commons for Hythe, a seat he held until 1950 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Folkestone and Hythe until 1959.^[2]

Mackeson served under Winston Churchill as a Lord of the Treasury from 1951 to 1952 and as Secretary for Overseas Trade from 1952 to 1953. In 1954 he was created a Baronet, of Hythe in the County of Kent.

Personal life

Mackeson married Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot, in 1940.

He died in January 1964, aged 58, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Rupert.^[3]