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Mervyn Wheatley
Mervyn Wheatley
Member of Parliament; for Poole; East Dorset (1945–1950)
	In office; 5 July 1945 – 25 October 1951
Preceded by	Gordon Hall Caine
Succeeded by	Richard Pilkington
Personal details
Born	24 April 1880
Died	26 October 1974
Political party	Conservative

Colonel Sir Mervyn James Wheatley KBE (24 April 1880 – 26 October 1974) was a British Army officer and a Conservative Party politician.

Wheatley served in the Second Boer War in South Africa, where he took part in operations in Natal from March to June 1900, including action at Laing's Nek; then at Transvaal and in the Orange River Colony. He received a regular commission as a second lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 27 July 1901.^[1] He stayed in South Africa throughout the war, which ended June 1902 with the Peace of Vereeniging. Four months later he left Cape Town with other officers and men of the 2nd battalion Dorset regiment on the SS German in late September 1902, and arrived at Southampton in late October, when they were posted to Portland.^[2]

He later gained the rank of colonel.

Wheatley was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dorset from 1945 to 1950 and for Poole from 1950 to 1951.

References

^ Hart′s Army list, 1903
^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning Home". The Times. No. 36888. London. 2 October 1902. p. 4.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mervyn Wheatley

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gordon Ralph Hall Caine	Member of Parliament for East Dorset 1945–1950	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Poole 1950–1951	Succeeded by Richard Pilkington

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