Douglas Pielou

Douglas Pielou
Douglas Pielou
	Pielou in 1923
Member of Parliament for Stourbridge
	In office; 1922-1927
Personal details
Born	Douglas Percival Pielou; 17 October 1887; Glasgow, Scotland
Died	9 January 1927 (aged 39)
Party	Conservative
Military career
Rank	Regimental Sergeant-Major
Unit	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Conflicts	World War I

Douglas Percival Pielou (17 October 1887 – 9 January 1927)^[1] was a British soldier who was disabled from injuries received in the First World War and went on to become a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

Biography

Pielou was born in Glasgow in 1887, the son an excise officer. During the war, he was Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM) of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and was severely wounded at the Battle of Loos in 1915.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected at the 1922 general election as MP for the Stourbridge division of Worcestershire, defeating the sitting Liberal MP John William Wilson. Pielou was re-elected in 1923 and 1924,^[2] and died in office in 1927, aged 39.^[1]

References

1 2 "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 503. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.