Gilbert Granville Sharp

Gilbert Granville Sharp (19 February 1894 – 1 November 1968), was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister.

He was the born in Mafeking, South Africa[1] where his father, Reverend Alfred Spring Sharp of Prestatyn, Flintshire, was a Methodist missionary.

[5] He was in Military Service, 1914–18, Public Schools Battalion and 2nd Scottish Border Regiment, Lieut, France, 1915–16 (wounded in Battle of Somme); Special Instructor of Signals, 1917.

Although Churchill had not yet re-joined the Unionists, he stood with their local support; The Liberal Party, now led by Lloyd George, was challenging strongly both nationally and locally, and for the first time in Epping since the war, the Unionist vote dropped below 50%; Following the formation of the National government, he did not contest a seat at the 1931 General Election.

He returned to contest Epping at the next election, polling his lowest share of the vote.

[5] He was Liberal candidate for the newly created Cornwall seat of Falmouth and Camborne at the 1950 General Election.