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Known from 1930 as Sir Alfred Beit, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South East at the 1931 general election and re-elected in the 1935 general election. When the Second World War started he joined the Royal Air Force serving in Bomber Command . [2]
May 13, 1994 · Alfred Lane Beit, collector, politician and philanthropist: born 19 January 1903; succeeded 1930 as second Bt; MP (Unionist) for South-East St Pancras 1931-45; Parliamentary Private Secretary...
May 16, 1994 · Sir Alfred Beit, a wealthy but unlucky British baronet whose art collection was twice sacked by criminals, died on Thursday in Dublin, the British newspaper The Independent reported. He was...
Apr 27, 2022 · Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet (1903–1994) was a British conservative politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen. Family background. His uncle was Alfred Beit, a South African mining millionaire, after whom he was named when he was born in London on 19 January 1903.
- January 19, 1903
- Ofir Friedman
- London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Oct 19, 2022 · Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet (19 January 1903 in London; 12 May 1994 in Dublin) was a British Conservative Party politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen.
Known from 1930 as Sir Alfred Beit, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South East at the 1931 general election and re-elected in the 1935 general election. When the Second World War started he joined the Royal Air Force serving in Bomber Command.
Alfred Beit (15 February 1853 – 16 July 1906) was an Anglo-German gold and diamond magnate in South Africa, and a major donor and profiteer of infrastructure development on the African continent.
