Anthony Muirhead

Anthony Muirhead
Member of Parliament
for Wells
In office
1929–1939
Preceded byRobert Sanders
Succeeded byDennis Boles
Under-Secretary of State for Air
In office
1937–1938
Preceded byPhilip Sassoon
Succeeded byHarold Balfour
Personal details
Born(1890-11-04)4 November 1890
Died29 October 1939(1939-10-29) (aged 48)
Cause of deathSuicide
Resting placeGreat Haseley, Oxfordshire, England
Political partyConservative
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
RankLieutenant-colonel
Unit
AwardsMilitary Cross (1917)

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony John Muirhead MC & Bar TD (4 November 1890 – 29 October 1939) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Eton College, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wells in Somerset, and held the seat until his death in 1939, aged 48.