John Brewis

Henry John Brewis (8 April 1920 – 25 May 1989) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician and barrister. Early life Brewis was born on 8 April 1920. He was the only son and youngest child of Dorothy Katharine ( Walker) Brewis and Francis Bertie Brewis, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. His paternal grandparents were Frances Caroline ( Williams-Wynn) Brewis and Samuel Richard Brewis of Ibstone House, Tetsworth, and was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. His maternal grandparents were Edwyn Walker and Elizabeth ( Bethell) Walker. Career He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Galloway at a by-election in April 1959, after the death of the Unionist MP John Mackie. He was re-elected at the general election in October 1959, and held the seat until he stood down at the October 1974 general election. He was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1975.