Mancherjee Bhownagree
British politician
Died when: 82 years 91 days (986 months)Star Sign: Leo
Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree KCIE (15 August 1851 – 14 November 1933) was a British Conservative Party politician of Indian Parsi heritage.He was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Bethnal Green North East in the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1895 and 1906, the third British MP of Indian descent, after David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, and fellow Parsi Dadabhai Naoroji.
Bhownaggree was the longest-serving British Asian MP until Keith Vaz, a Labour Party Black Sections member (who was first elected in 1987 and stood down in 2019).
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