Francis Lucas (English politician)

Colonel Francis Alfred Lucas (7 June 1850 – 11 December 1918)[1] was a British company director and Conservative Party politician who lived in London and in Suffolk.

He died whilst a prospective candidate in the 1918 election and he was replaced by his wife, Alice Theresa Lucas.

[2][3] He was also an actively involved in the Volunteer Force, serving for 35 years as a member of the Artists Rifles, mostly as an officer.

[7] However, at the 1906 election, he was defeated by the Liberal candidate Edward Beauchamp, who won the seat with a 14% majority.

[11] His death, at his London residence in Stornoway House, Cleveland Row, St James's, was due to heart failure brought about by influenza.