Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet (13 June 1899 - 9 October 1987), was a British

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 Conservative

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 politician.

Studholme was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Tavistock

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 from a 1942 by-election

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 until his retirement in 1966, when he was succeeded by Michael Heseltine

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. He served under Winston Churchill

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 and then Anthony Eden

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 as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

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 from 1951 to 1956 and was Joint Honorary Treasury of the Conservative Party from 1956 to 1962. In 1956 he was created a Baronet

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, of Perridge in the County of Devon. He later served as Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Devon

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in 1969.

Studholme married Judith Joan Mary Whitbread, daughter of Henry William Whitbread, in 1929. He died in October 1987, aged 88, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Paul.