Ernest George Pretyman PC JP DL was a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Rev. F. Pretyman, Canon of Lincoln (who was himself a grandson of George Pretyman Tomline, a prominent late 18th century cleric), he was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1880 and retired in 1889. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodbridge, Suffolk from 1895-1906 and for Chelmsford from 1908-1923.

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  • Ernest George Pretyman PC JP DL was a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Rev. F. Pretyman, Canon of Lincoln (who was himself a grandson of George Pretyman Tomline, a prominent late 18th century cleric), he was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1880 and retired in 1889. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodbridge, Suffolk from 1895-1906 and for Chelmsford from 1908-1923. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1900-1903, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1903-1906, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1915-1916 and Civil Lord of the Admiralty again from 1916 to 1919. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1917. He was the heir of "Colonel" George Tomline, his father's first cousin. E. G. Pretyman made a Gramophone Company recording of an address "On the Navy" in 1908.
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  • Ernest George Pretyman PC JP DL was a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Rev. F. Pretyman, Canon of Lincoln (who was himself a grandson of George Pretyman Tomline, a prominent late 18th century cleric), he was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1880 and retired in 1889. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodbridge, Suffolk from 1895-1906 and for Chelmsford from 1908-1923.
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  • Ernest George Pretyman
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