1. Major John Ronald Hamilton Cartland was a British Conservative Party politician.
17 Facts About Ronald Cartland
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Ronald Cartland was the Member of Parliament for King's Norton in Birmingham from 1935 until he was killed in action, aged 33.
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Ronald Cartland was the maternal nephew of Major-General Sir John Scobell.
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Ronald Cartland's paternal grandfather was a wealthy Birmingham brass founder who died four years before Ronald's birth.
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In 1919 Mary Cartland, along with Ronald, her 18-year-old daughter Barbara and 8-year-old son Anthony, moved to London, and Ronald gained a scholarship to Charterhouse School, a public school in Surrey.
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When Ronald Cartland was a child, Mary would take him with her on her trips to some of the poorer areas of Pershore, giving him a first-hand look at their dire living conditions.
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Ronald Cartland's selection was supported by the Chamberlain family, long the most powerful force in Birmingham Conservative circles.
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Ronald Cartland won in the 1935 election and became one of the youngest MPs in the Commons.
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Ronald Cartland served as a backbench MP during Chamberlain's government.
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Ronald Cartland is most famous for a speech that he gave to the house in August 1939 in which he accused the Prime Minister of having "ideas of dictatorship".
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Ronald Cartland achieved the rank of major in the British Army.
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Ronald Cartland's family did not learn of his fate until January 1941 when his mother received a letter from one of Cartland's men, who was now a German prisoner-of-war.
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Ronald Cartland is buried at Hotton War Cemetery, in Hotton, Belgium.
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Ronald Cartland is commemorated with his father and brother with a calvary at Tewkesbury Abbey.
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Ronald Cartland's name is to be found on the Memorial Chapel at Charterhouse School.
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Ronald Cartland described him as "terribly inspiring" and said Winston Churchill "adored him" for his opposition to Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler.
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Ronald Cartland was played by Tom Burke in the 2008 television film In Love with Barbara, inspired by the life of Barbara Ronald Cartland.