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    Leslie Burgin (13 July 1887 – 16 August 1945) was a British Liberal and later Liberal National politician in the 1930s. Born to Edward Lambert Burgin...
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  • of Louisiana for the June 1991 rape and murder of 19-year-old Christina Burgin. He remains the most recent person executed involuntarily in Louisiana....
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    Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (/ˈhɔːr bəˈliːʃə/; né Isaac Leslie Belisha; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal...
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  • Australian rules football player Leslie Burgin (1887–1945), British politician Melchior Bürgin (born 1943), Swiss rower Mona Burgin (1903–1985), teacher and active...
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    Ernest Brown – Minister of Labour Sir Kingsley Wood – Minister of Health Leslie Burgin – Minister of Transport Sir Thomas Inskip – Minister for Coordination...
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    Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur...
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    Euan Wallace MC Minister of Transport In office 1939–1940 Preceded by Leslie Burgin Succeeded by Sir John Reith Financial Secretary to the Treasury In office...
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    Walter Elliot – Minister of Health Euan Wallace – Minister of Transport Leslie Burgin – Minister of Supply William Shepherd Morrison – Minister of Food and...
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    Victor Burgin (born 1941) is a British artist and writer. Burgin first came to attention as a conceptual artist in the late 1960s (Harrison & Wood, 1992;...
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    1940 – 4 October 1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Leslie Burgin Succeeded by Andrew Rae Duncan Leader of the London County Council In...
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    On 30 September 1936, the studio complex was officially opened by Dr Leslie Burgin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. The first film director...
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  • seat at the October 1929 general election to the Liberal candidate, Leslie Burgin. He was appointed a King's Counsel that year. O'Connor returned to Parliament...
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    Stanley Baldwin (Coalition) Eustace Percy 7 June 1935 – 31 March 1936 Leslie Burgin Minister of Supply-designate 21 April 1939 – 14 July 1939 National Liberal...
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  • Wood Ernest Brown David Margesson Sir Horace Wilson Sir Thomas Inskip Leslie Burgin Earl Stanhope W. S. Morrison Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith Though mostly...
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  • Clinical Pharmacology 1972-5 and of Academia Europaea from 1988–94 Leslie Burgin, Liberal MP for Luton from 1929–31 Richard Desmond, Publisher and proprietor...
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    1934 Conservative Leslie Hore-Belisha 29 June 1934 28 May 1937 National Liberal Stanley Baldwin (3rd National min.) Leslie Burgin 28 May 1937 21 April...
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  • Thomas Burden, 1st Baron Burden (1942–1950) Francis Burdett (1801–1844) Leslie Burgin (1929–1945) Colin Burgon (1997–2010) Richard Burgon (2015–present) John...
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  • Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Leslie Burgin MP for Luton 14 July 1939 12 May 1940 Liberal National National IV (Cons.–Lab.Nat...
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    Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 10 November 1931 Leslie Burgin Liberal National 29 September 1932 Secretary...
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  • Nevile Henderson (1882–1942) Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942) Leslie Burgin (1887–1945) Ernest Lapointe (1876–1941) Sir Patrick Duncan (1870–1943)...
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    for a network of high-speed roads, whilst the Minister of Transport, Leslie Burgin, also visited the autobahn under construction in Germany. Lancashire...
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    swing bridge. The new bridges were opened by the Minister of Transport, Leslie Burgin on 22 February 1938 at a total cost of £230,000. A bascule bridge was...
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    Samuel Hoare and Leslie Burgin for talks concerning an Anglo-German détente. Dirksen reported to the Wilhelmstrasse that both Hoare and Burgin wanted talks...
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  • emphasis of the party as 'Unionist'. In 1931, the sitting Liberal MP, Leslie Burgin, joined the Liberal Nationals (later the National Liberal Party). In...
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  • in 1944. In 1944 he married Margaret Alison Burgin MBE. She was a daughter of Rt Hon. Edward Leslie Burgin a Liberal MP who held office in the National...
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    Contemporary Review, 1882–1911, Editor of the Methodist Times, 1902–1907. Leslie Burgin, Liberal and Liberal National MP 1929–45, Minister of Transport, 1937–39...
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    National 7 June 1935 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Leslie Burgin Liberal National 18 June 1935 Secretary for Overseas Trade John Colville...
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  • Parliament for Luton In office 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950 Preceded by Leslie Burgin Succeeded by Charles Hill Personal details Born (1903-08-16)16 August...
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    September 1937. It was officially opened by the Minister of Transport, Leslie Burgin, in April 1938. The Williams-Ellis bridge has curved grey sandstone...
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    Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist William Ward 15,959 53.4 N/A Liberal Leslie Burgin 13,943 46.6 New Majority 2,016 6.8 N/A Turnout 29,902 65.7 N/A Registered...
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