Alan Dower Explained

Alan Dower
Birth Name:Alan Vincent Gandar Dower
Birth Date:28 March 1898
Death Date:6 May 1980 (aged 82)
Occupation:Politician, army officer
Party:Conservative Party
Office1:Member of Parliament for Stockport
Termstart:1931
Termend:1935
Office2:Member of Parliament for Penrith and Cockermouth
Termstart2:1935
Termend2:1950

Colonel Alan Vincent Gandar Dower (28 March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a British Army officer and politician.[1] He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport from 1931 to 1935, and MP for Penrith and Cockermouth from 1935 to 1950.[1]

Dower's brother Eric was also a Conservative MP, while another brother Kenneth was a well-known explorer.[2] All used different versions of their surname: Dower, Gandar Dower and Gandar-Dower respectively.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DOWER, Col Alan Vincent Gandar . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 13 February 2011.
  2. Malies, J. (2004) "Gandar-Dower, Kenneth Cecil", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford