White Beam to Lt. Colonel Sir Mervyn Wheatley - Poole Park, Poole, Dorset, UK
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N 50° 43.241 W 001° 57.945
30U E 573006 N 5619274
This dedicated tree lies in Poole Park.
Waymark Code: WM9Q2M
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/17/2010
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The commemorative plaque reads:
'This White Beam grows in memory of
Lt. Colonel Sir Mervyn Wheatley
K.B.E., C.S.J., J.P., D.L.,
1880 - 1974
Freeman of Poole
Mayor 1936 - 1937; M.P. 1945 - 1951.'
Wikipedia has some details about this important man:
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'Colonel Sir Mervyn James Wheatley CBE (24 April 1880 – 26 October 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was Member of Parliament for East Dorset from 1945 to 1950 and for Poole from 1950 to 1951.'