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Malcolm Arnold Robertson, MP

Sir Malcolm Arnold Robertson was MP for Mitcham from August 1940 to July 1945.

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Born 1877, died 1951.

1921 – 1925 : Consul General Tangier
1925 – 1927 : Envoy & Minister Buenos Aires
1927 – 1929 : HM Ambassador to Argentina

Knighted

3 June 1924, KBE (Knight Commander of the British Empire)
3 June 1929, KCMG
1 January 1930, GCMG

In 1944, his wife suggested that Lower Green East be renamed to Cricket Green.

The Mitcham parliamentary constituency was created in 1918, and abolished in 1974.

M & P Autofactors (Mitcham) Ltd

Was at 321/323 London Road, Mitcham, on east side of the road and south of Boundary House (Job Centre).

Went into liquidation in July 2016, as reported in the London Gazette

In 1982 it was at number 333A:

ad from the 1982 Mitcham Diary

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333A LONDON ROAD
MITCHAM, SURREY
01-646 1033/2430