Geoffrey Kelsall Peto was a British Conservative Party politician and member of parliament (MP). In business, he became a director of the industrial firm Morgan Crucible Company.
Occupation
politician, businessperson
Position held
member of the 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
September 8, 1878
Died
January 8, 1956
Overview
Geoffrey Kelsall Peto (8 September 1878 – 8 January 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP). In business, he became a director of the industrial firm Morgan Crucible Company.
At the 1923 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the Louth constituency in Lincolnshire. The following year, in the 1924 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Frome in Somerset, but lost the seat in the general election of 1929.
Peto was returned to the House of Commons at the 1931 general election for the Bilston constituency in Wolverhampton and retired from Parliament at the 1935 election. During this period, he acted as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Walter Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade.
In 1938, Peto served as a member of the Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia.
