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Ronald Scott-Miller

British politician (1904-1992)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ7365266 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ronald Scott-Miller (1 November 1904 – 10 March 1992) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was member of parliament (MP) for the King's Lynn constituency in Norfolk from 1951 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1959 general election.

He was educated at Aldro, Eastbourne and Uppingham School.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ronald Scott-Miller” is british politician (1904-1992). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ronald, Scott-Miller and British, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1904, 1992, 1951, 1959—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1904-11-01. For this dossier, Ronald, Scott-Miller and British is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7365266. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1904, 1992, 1951 and 1959.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ronald Scott-Miller” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.