Colonel William Baring du Pré (5 April 1875 – 23 August 1946) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Wycombe at a by-election in 1914, when the Conservative MP Charles Cripps was elevated to the peerage as Baron Parmoor. Du Pré was re-elected at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Conservative, but faced a strong challenge at the 1922 general election from the Liberal candidate Lady Terrington.

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  • Colonel William Baring du Pré (5 April 1875 – 23 August 1946) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Wycombe at a by-election in 1914, when the Conservative MP Charles Cripps was elevated to the peerage as Baron Parmoor. Du Pré was re-elected at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Conservative, but faced a strong challenge at the 1922 general election from the Liberal candidate Lady Terrington. He held his seat with a majority of 4,473, but in December the following year, at the 1923 general election, Lady Terrington took the seat with a majority of 1,682. Du Pré was a strong opponent of the women's rights advocated by Terrington, so his defeat was welcomed by women's groups. Du Pré was originally commissioned into the Leicestershire Yeomanry, but later transferred to the Royal Artillery.
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  • Colonel William Baring du Pré (5 April 1875 – 23 August 1946) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Wycombe at a by-election in 1914, when the Conservative MP Charles Cripps was elevated to the peerage as Baron Parmoor. Du Pré was re-elected at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Conservative, but faced a strong challenge at the 1922 general election from the Liberal candidate Lady Terrington.
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  • William Baring du Pré
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