Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Major Sir (Herbert) Paul Latham, 2nd Baronet (22 April 1905 – 24 July 1955) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby constituency from 1931 to 1941.The son of Sir Thomas Paul Latham and his wife Florence Clara née Walley, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.From 1928-34 Latham was a member of the London County Council, representing Lewisham East as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party.At the 1929 general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate in Rotherham, a safe seat for the Labour Party where he was runner-up with 23% of the votes. However, in April 1931 the MP for Scarborough and Whitby, Sidney Herbert, resigned from the House of Commons. Latham was selected as the Conservative candidate for the resulting by-election on 6 May, which he won a majority of 5% of the votes over his Liberal Party opponent.In 1932 Latham purchased Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex and carried on its restoration. In 1933 he married Lady Patricia Doreen Moore, only daughter of the Earl of Drogheda.During World War II, despite being exempt from military service, Latham volunteered to join the army. In 1941, however, he was arrested for "improper behaviour", a homosexual act, with three gunners and a civilian while serving as an officer in the Royal Artillery. He then tried to kill himself by riding a motorcycle into a tree.He was court-martialled and found guilty of ten charges of indecent conduct and of attempted suicide and was discharged dishonourably and imprisoned for two years without hard labour. He resigned his seat in Parliament.His wife divorced him in 1947, and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by their only son, Richard Thomas Paul Latham, born in 1934.. }
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- Herbert_Paul_Latham abstract "Major Sir (Herbert) Paul Latham, 2nd Baronet (22 April 1905 – 24 July 1955) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby constituency from 1931 to 1941.The son of Sir Thomas Paul Latham and his wife Florence Clara née Walley, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford.From 1928-34 Latham was a member of the London County Council, representing Lewisham East as a member of the Conservative-backed Municipal Reform Party.At the 1929 general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate in Rotherham, a safe seat for the Labour Party where he was runner-up with 23% of the votes. However, in April 1931 the MP for Scarborough and Whitby, Sidney Herbert, resigned from the House of Commons. Latham was selected as the Conservative candidate for the resulting by-election on 6 May, which he won a majority of 5% of the votes over his Liberal Party opponent.In 1932 Latham purchased Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex and carried on its restoration. In 1933 he married Lady Patricia Doreen Moore, only daughter of the Earl of Drogheda.During World War II, despite being exempt from military service, Latham volunteered to join the army. In 1941, however, he was arrested for "improper behaviour", a homosexual act, with three gunners and a civilian while serving as an officer in the Royal Artillery. He then tried to kill himself by riding a motorcycle into a tree.He was court-martialled and found guilty of ten charges of indecent conduct and of attempted suicide and was discharged dishonourably and imprisoned for two years without hard labour. He resigned his seat in Parliament.His wife divorced him in 1947, and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by their only son, Richard Thomas Paul Latham, born in 1934.".