Frank Hilder (3 October 1864 - 23 April 1951)[1] was the Conservative MP for the South East Essex constituency from 1918 to 1923.
[3] He was an officer in the Essex Yeomanry, in which regiment he was promoted to captain on 20 December 1902.
[4] In 1906 Hilder was made a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex.
He defended his seat against the Labour candidate Philip Hoffman, winning by 13,522 votes to 11,459.
[9] However, the following year there was another General Election and this time the Labour candidate Philip Hoffman defeated Hilder by 13,979 votes to 12,379.