Nicholas Grattan-Doyle

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Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle, DL (18 August 1862 – 14 July 1941), of The Manor House, Birtley, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear),Referred to in most reliable sources as Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle, although no record exists of his ever being knighted or made Baron or Baronet.
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was a Unionist Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He contested the January 1910 General Election as Liberal Unionist candidate for Gateshead, finishing second. On 27 July 1915, Grattan-Doyle was appointed a deputy lieutenant of County Durham.{{London Gazette | issue=29247 |page=7483 | date=30 July 1915}} He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North at the 1918 general election, and held the seat until his resignation in 1940, aged 78, the age he was when he died the following year.{{cite book|last=Craig|first=F.W.S.|authorlink=F.W.S. Craig|title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949|orig-year=1969|edition=3rd|year=1983|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}

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