Hubert Duggan

Politician

1904 – 1943

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Who was Hubert Duggan?

Hubert John Duggan was a British Army officer and politician, who was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Acton from 1931 until his death. He was an opponent of appeasement and broke the whip on several important occasions, voting to bring down Neville Chamberlain in 1940.

A witty and handsome man who very much enjoyed the company of women, Duggan was married only briefly before becoming the plaintiff in a scandalous divorce case. He suffered from ill health; brought up in the Catholic faith, he lapsed in adolescence but returned when on his deathbed. Episodes in his life inspired writers Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell to fictionalise him.

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Born
Jul 24, 1904
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Christ Church, Oxford
  • Eton College
Lived in
  • Buenos Aires
Died
Oct 25, 1943

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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