John Tilney

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Sir John Dudley Robert Tarleton Tilney, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|TD}} (19 December 1907 – 26 April 1994) was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Wavertree from 1950 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from 1962 to 1964.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Sir John Tilney |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-john-tilney-1372781.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220613/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-john-tilney-1372781.html |archive-date=13 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |accessdate=3 May 2019 |work=The Independent |date=27 April 1994 |language=en}}

He was the great grandson of the founder of RJ Tilney & Co. John Tilney was educated at Eton College. He was persuaded by John Brocklebank, the co-head of RJ Tilney & Co to begin with the firm in October 1928 before he had finished his degree course at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in December 1932 and was admitted to the partnership in April 1933.