William Kingsmill (priest)

William Kingsmill, the last Prior of Winchester was Dean of Winchester between 1541 and his death in 1549.

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William Kingsmill

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William Kingsmill (politician)

Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Kingsmill DSO MC (1 December 1905 – 3 June 1971) was a British politician and businessman. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 1945 to 1951.

Early career

William Henry Kingsmill was born on 1 December 1905, the son of Andrew de Portal Kingsmill, an Army officer, and his wife Gladys Johnston. His parents divorced in 1920.

After an education at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he joined the Grenadier Guards, his father's regiment, in 1920, serving for nine years before transferring to the reserves in 1929 and returning to civilian life. The same year, he married Aileen Smith; the marriage did not last, and the couple divorced. He remarried in 1939, to Diana Smith, the widow of an Army officer. There were no children from either marriage.

He worked as a businessman and company director until August 1939, when he rejoined the Grenadiers. He served in the Battle of France, where he was awarded the Military Cross, and then with the Eighth Army in North Africa and the Italian Campaign, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. During 1943-44 he commanded the 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards in Italy.