Reginald Blair

Sir Reginald Blair, 1st Baronet (8 November 1881 – 18 September 1962) was a British politician.

The by-election was caused by George Lansbury, the Labour MP, taking the Chiltern Hundreds, a way of resigning from the House of Commons.

For the first two years of World War I, Blair served with the British Expeditionary Force and was mentioned in dispatches.

[1] Reginald Blair held his seat in the 1918 general election, but was defeated in 1922 by Lansbury, who remained Bow and Bromley's MP until his death in 1940.

Following his election defeat, Blair was knighted, and became the Chairman of the Racehorse Betting Control Board.