William Cuthbert

{{Short description|British politician (1890–1960)}}

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William Nicolson Cuthbert (24 August 1890 – 7 May 1960){{cite web

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}} was a Conservative Party politician in England.

He was elected at the 1945 general election as member of parliament (MP) for Rye,{{cite book

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}} and when that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons for the new Arundel & Shoreham constituency.{{cite web

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He made his maiden speech in the 1945 Budget debate on the National Debt.{{cite web |title=AMENDMENT OF LAW HC Deb 25 October 1945 vol 414 cc2213-307 |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1945/oct/25/amendment-of-law#S5CV0414P0_19451025_HOC_372 |website=Historic Hansard |access-date=26 October 2022}} His final substantive speech was in November 1950 in the King's Speech debate{{cite web |title=DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS HC Deb 02 November 1950 vol 480 cc310-445 |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1950/nov/02/debate-on-the-address#S5CV0480P0_19501102_HOC_106 |website=Historic Hansard |access-date=26 October 2022}} although he made contributions as questions up to his final year in office.

He resigned his seat on 15 January 1954, by the procedural device of accepting an appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was succeeded as MP by Captain Henry Kerby.