William George Howard Gritten FRGS[1] (7 February 1870 – 5 April 1943), also known as W. G. Howard Gritten, was a barrister and writer, and a British Conservative politician, who was elected a member of parliament for The Hartlepools in 1918, until 1922, and re-elected in 1929 until his death in 1943.
[2][3] Born in Westminster, London, on 7 Feb 1870,[4] Gritten was the only son of William Gritten (an architect)[1] and his wife Annie Howard (d.1907).
In 1918, he married Helena Blanche Paget, the daughter of the late Commander Webb, R.N.
[4] He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, won the Donald E. Bridgman Essay Prize, and graduated with honours in Literae Humaniores.
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