Herbert Mercer

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.

Herbert Mercer
Born(1862-01-07)7 January 1862
Boxley, Kent, England
Died8 February 1944(1944-02-08) (aged 82)
Sussex, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch3rd Dragoon Guards
Years of service1881-1908
RankColonel
Battles/warsSecond Boer War

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]

References
  1. "No. 25313". The London Gazette. 29 January 1884. p. 432.
  2. "No. 28979". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1914. p. 9498.
  3. "The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with "S"". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Stephen Howard		 Member of Parliament for Sudbury
1922–1923		 Succeeded by
Frederick Loverseed
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