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div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir Basil Neven-Spence</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Basil_Neven-Spence.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Basil_Neven-Spence.jpg/220px-Basil_Neven-Spence.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Basil_Neven-Spence.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="387" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Neven-Spence in November 1969</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />14 November 1935 – 23 February 1950</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamilton_(Liberal_politician)" title="Robert Hamilton (Liberal politician)">Sir Robert Hamilton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1888-05-12</span>)</span>12 May 1888<br /><a href="/wiki/Leith" title="Leith">Leith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">13 September 1974<span style="display:none">(1974-09-13)</span> (aged 86)<br /><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Uyea Chapel Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Uyea,_Unst" title="Uyea, Unst">Uyea, Unst</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Nile" title="Order of the Nile">Order of the Nile</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Cross_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Ribbon of the Military Cross"><img alt="Ribbon of the Military Cross" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Military_Cross_ribbon.png/20px-Military_Cross_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Military_Cross_ribbon.png/30px-Military_Cross_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Military_Cross_ribbon.png/40px-Military_Cross_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">Military Cross</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ribbon of the Allied Victory Medal"><img alt="Ribbon of the Allied Victory Medal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg/20px-Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg/30px-Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg/40px-Allied_Victory_Medal_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Victory_Medal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Victory Medal (United Kingdom)">Victory Medal</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_War_Medal_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ribbon of the British War MEdal"><img alt="Ribbon of the British War MEdal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/British_War_Medal_BAR.svg/20px-British_War_Medal_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/British_War_Medal_BAR.svg/30px-British_War_Medal_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/British_War_Medal_BAR.svg/40px-British_War_Medal_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_War_Medal" title="British War Medal">British War Medal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden Neven-Spence</b> (12 June 1888 – 13 September 1974)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(Scotland)" title="Unionist Party (Scotland)">Unionist Party</a> politician and military physician. </p><p>Neven-Spence came from a prominent landowning family in the Shetland Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodman_151_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodman_151-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neven-Spence graduated from <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh University">Edinburgh University</a> in 1911. He served with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a>, seconded to help the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Army" title="Egyptian Army">Egyptian Army</a> and government of <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, mainly in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. He received the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Nile" title="Order of the Nile">Order of the Nile</a> for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Darfur_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Darfur Expedition">Darfur Expedition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodman_151_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodman_151-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the war he organised a campaign to treat <a href="/wiki/African_trypanosomiasis" title="African trypanosomiasis">sleeping sickness</a> in <a href="/wiki/Darfur" title="Darfur">Darfur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodman_151_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodman_151-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the University of Edinburgh to study for an <a href="/wiki/M.D." class="mw-redirect" title="M.D.">M.D.</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Rodman_151_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodman_151-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Aldershot" title="Aldershot">Aldershot</a> in 1924 to work as a specialist physician to the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. He retired from the Army in 1927 with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a>. </p><p>Neven-Spence's family had owned property in <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a> for several generations and he became Vice-<a href="/wiki/Convenor" class="mw-redirect" title="Convenor">Convenor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shetland_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Shetland Islands">Zetland</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="County Council">County Council</a>. </p><p>Neven-Spence first contested the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland constituency</a> in <a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a>. He did not contest the seat in <a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a>, but was elected in <a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a> and served as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> until he lost his seat at the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 general election</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jo_Grimond" title="Jo Grimond">Jo Grimond</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a>. </p><p>He was knighted in 1945<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Shetland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Shetland">Lord Lieutenant of Shetland</a> from 1952 to 1963. </p><p>As of 2024, Neven-Spence is the most recent MP for the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland constituency</a> to not be from either the Liberal Party or the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He once lived on the island of <a href="/wiki/Uyea,_Unst" title="Uyea, Unst">Uyea</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Neven-Spence&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Basil St. Clair Neven-Spence, Sir Basil's son, served in the Colonial Office following serving in World War II. Basil St. Clair died by suicide at the age of 22, after having been assigned to the island of <a href="/wiki/Tanna_(island)" title="Tanna (island)">Tanna</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rodman_152_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rodman_152-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Neven-Spence&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I18388&tree=ID1">"Sir Basil Hamilton Hebden NEVEN-SPENCE b. 12 May 1888 Holms, Granton Road, Edinburgh, MLN, SCT d. 13 Sep 1974 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT: Shetland Family History"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sir+Basil+Hamilton+Hebden+NEVEN-SPENCE+b.+12+May+1888+Holms%2C+Granton+Road%2C+Edinburgh%2C+MLN%2C+SCT+d.+13+Sep+1974+Edinburgh%2C+MLN%2C+SCT%3A+Shetland+Family+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bayanne.info%2FShetland%2Fgetperson.php%3FpersonID%3DI18388%26tree%3DID1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABasil+Neven-Spence" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span 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