Herbert Mercer

Herbert Mercer
Born (1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Boxley, Kent, England
Died 8 February 1944(1944-02-08) (aged 82)
Sussex, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch 3rd Dragoon Guards
Years of service 1881-1908
Rank Colonel
Battles/wars Second Boer War

Colonel Herbert Mercer (4 January 1862 – 8 February 1944) was a British Army officer and a Conservative politician and member of parliament in the 1920s.

Family

Mercer was born on 7 January 1862 in Boxley, Kent the son of Richard Mercer a banker, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He married Elizabeth Bower in 1906.

Military Career

Mercer was commissioned in April 1881 as a second lieutenant in the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh militia. In January 1884 he was appointed as a lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon Guards.[1] Later as a major he served in the Boer War. During the First World War he commanded the 3rd Reserve Regiment.[2]

Parliamentary politics

Mercer was returned as the Member of Parliament for the Sudbury Division of Suffolk for the 1922 general election.[3] He lost the seat in the 1923 election to Liberal politician John Frederick Loverseed.[3]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Stephen Goodwin Howard
Member of Parliament for Sudbury
19221923
Succeeded by
John Frederick Loverseed
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