Colonel Sir John Joseph Shute CMG DSO TD DL JP (6 September 1873[1] – 13 September 1948) was a British volunteer soldier, businessman and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
[10] He served in the unit during the First World War, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel and being awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO),[11] the Territorial Decoration (TD)[12] and in the 1918 King's Birthday Honours he was made a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) for his military services.
Shute was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his narrow defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate Bessie Braddock.
[16] He was knighted in the New Year Honours, 1935, "for political, public and social services in Lancashire, particularly in Liverpool".
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