Herbert Charles Woodcock

Herbert Charles Woodcock (2 June 1871 – 18 January 1950)[1][2] was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

[3] The son of Charles Woodcock of Smethwick and his wife, Annie (née Robertson) of Bristol, he entered business and local politics in the latter city.

[8] With the outbreak of war in 1914 he mobilised with the battalion, serving on the Western Front and in Italy.

[3][9] Woodcock was elected at the 1922 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Thornbury division of Gloucestershire,[3][10] defeating the sitting Liberal MP Athelstan Rendall by a majority only 104 votes (0.3% of the total).

[14] He was master of the court of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights, a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and a Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.