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[[File:Mancherjee.jpg|thumb|right|Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree wearing his star]] | [[File:Mancherjee.jpg|thumb|right|Sir Mancherjee Bhownaggree wearing his star]] | ||
'''Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (15 August 1851 – 14 November 1933) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician of [[Indian subcontinent|Indian | '''Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (15 August 1851 – 14 November 1933) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician of [[Indian subcontinent|Indian]] heritage. He was a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) representing the constituency of [[Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green North East]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] between 1895 and 1906, the third British MP of Indian descent, after [[David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]], and fellow Indian Parsi [[Dadabhai Naoroji]]. Bhownaggree was the longest-serving British Asian MP until [[Keith Vaz]], a [[Labour Party Black Sections]] member (who was first elected in 1987). | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||