Maurice Hely-Hutchinson


Maurice Robert Hely-Hutchinson was a Conservative Party politician in England.
He was elected as member of parliament for Hastings in East Sussex at a by-election in 1937. He held the seat until the 1945 general election, when he stood down from Parliament. During The Great Depression Hely-Hutchinson caused some controversy when he remarked that the long-term unemployed should lose the right to vote.
His parents were Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of the Cape Colony, and May Hely-Hutchinson.
He was married to Melita Keppel, daughter of Admiral Sir Colin Richard Keppel.