Charles Doughty (UK politician)
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Charles John Joseph Addison Doughty (21 September 1902 – 10 July 1973) was a British
United Kingdom
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 Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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 politician.

A son of Sir Charles Doughty and Lady Alison (née Addison) Doughty, one of four siblings, he was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for East Surrey
East Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
East Surrey is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 from 1951 to 1970.

Marriage

Charles John Addison Doughty married fellow Conservative Party member Adelaide Baillieu Shackell (born 1908 — died 1986), who served from 1967 - 1968 as Chairperson of the Conservatives. In 1978 she was named President of the Conservatives. She was knighted in 1971 and styled as Dame
Order of the British Empire
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 Adelaide Doughty

(see http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101063367, http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/united_kingdom_parties.htm,
http://www.thepeerage.com/p19043.htm).

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