Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet (10 November 1895 – 8 February 1957), known as David Gammans, was a British

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 Conservative Party

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 politician.

He was first elected to Parliament

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 at a by-election

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 in 1941, following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Hornsey

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, Euan Wallace

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. Gammans held the North London

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 seat until his own death in 1957, aged 61. The resulting 1957 Hornsey by-election

Hornsey by-election, 1957

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 was won for the Conservatives by his wife Muriel

Muriel Gammans

Lady Muriel Gammans was a British Conservative politician. She was elected Member of Parliament for Hornsey at a 1957 by-election following the death of her husband Sir David Gammans, and served until her retirement at the 1966 general election.- External links :...

, known as Lady Gammans.

In Winston Churchill

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's 1951-55 government

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, he served as Assistant Postmaster-General

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, under Earl De La Warr

Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr

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. Gammans was made a Baronet, of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex

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in 1956 The baronetcy became extinct on his death.