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Harry Legge-Bourke
Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke, KBE (1914-1973) was a British politician.
Educated at Eton College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Legge-Bourke was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1934. He served there throughout World War II, rising to the rank of major. In 1941, he was liaison officer, GHQ, British Forces in Greece and served with the 7th Armoured Division at El Alamein.
Legge-Bourke was elected member of Parliament for Isle of Ely in 1945 as a member of the Conservative Party from the Liberal James de Rothschild . Legge-Bourke was prominent as a chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers. In 1960 he was invested as a KBE. As an East Anglian representative, he was particularly interested in land drainage and was vice-President of the Association of Drainage Authorities.
Legge-Bourke died in 1973 whilst still a Member of Parliament. The by-election to replace him was won by Liberal Clement Freud.
Legge-Bourke inherited the position of Lord Great Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II, succeeded by his son, William. His daughter-in-law was made a lady-in-waiting. His granddaughter, Tiggy Legge-Bourke , was nanny to Princes William and Harry.
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