Member of parliament for Enfield
Which position did John Pretyman Newman hold from Dec 1910 to Nov 1918?
John Pretyman Newman Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Pretyman Newman ( born John Robert Bramston Newman ; 22 August 1871 – 12 March 1947 ) was an Irish-born British Army officer and Conservative politician . He was the eldest son of John Adam Richard Newman of Newberry Manor , Mallow , County Cork and his wife Matilda née Bramston of Llangefni , Anglesey . Early life . Following education at Charterhouse School and Trinity College , Cambridge , Newman received a commission in the 5th Battalion , Royal Munster Fusiliers . He was appointed a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for County Cork . In 1898 he served as the countys high sheriff . Marriages . Newman was married twice . In 1895 he married the Hon . Olivia Anne Plunket , daughter of the 4th Baron Plunkett , who died in 1896 . In 1898 he wed Geraldine Ina Olivia Pretyman , daughter of Colonel William Pretyman of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps , and he assumed the additional surname of Pretyman in place of Bramston . The couple made their home at 79 Eaton Square in the Belgravia district of London . His second wife died in October 1935 . Political career . Member of parliament for Enfield . In 1906 he unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of Walthamstow as a Conservative candidate . At the next general election in January 1910 he stood at Enfield , Middlesex . The seat was considered to be a safe Liberal constituency , but Newman managed to unseat the sitting member of parliament , James Branch by 1,242 votes . A further general election was held in December of the same year , and Newman held the seat with a reduced majority of 936 votes . During the First World War Newman served with the Middlesex Regiment on the Western Front , reaching the rank of major . Member of parliament for Finchley . Due to the First World War no further election was held until 1918 . The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain , and Newman was elected as first member of parliament for the new Finchley constituency , which included part of the existing Enfield seat . He held the seat at the 1922 election , but was defeated by his Liberal opponent , T A Robertson , when a further election was called in 1923 . He was knighted in February 1924 as part of the resignation hours of Stanley Baldwin . Middle Class Union . Newman was on the right wing of Conservative politics . He expressed admiration for fascism in his role as vice-president of the Middle Class Union formed in 1919 as an Anti-Socialist group to maintain public services in the event of strike action . Later life . Newman was the director of a number of companies including Allied Cement and Stream-Line Filters . In 1928 , while chairman of Perfecta Meters Limited , he wrote a letter to a shareholder of the company making allegations against the managing director of the company . Newman was found guilty of libel , and damages of 1,500 pounds were awarded against him . Newman died on 12 March 1947 in Farnham , Surrey , and was cremated in Woking two days later .