Louis Gluckstein

Sir Louis Halle Gluckstein GBE TD KC DL (23 February 1897 – 27 October 1979) was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician.

Gluckstein was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Joseph Gluckstein, whose brothers (Isidore and Montague) founded the J. Lyons and Co. coffee house and catering empire in London.

His mother, Francesca Halle, was an American opera singer, and his elder sibling Gluck (born Hannah Gluckstein) was a portrait painter.

Gluckstein was educated at St Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford.

He held the seat[8] until his defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour candidate James Harrison.

Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1937