{{Short description|British politician}} {{for|the footballer|Jack Birchall}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} thumb|right|Birchall in 1930. Major '''Sir John Dearman Birchall''' TD (26 September 1875 – 6 January 1941<ref>{{Rayment-hc|l|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Son of Dearman Birchall (1828–1897), he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North East at the 1918 general election,<ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 |orig-date=1969 |edition= 3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X |page=162 }}</ref> and held his seat in the House of Commons for 22 years until he resigned on 8 February 1940 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.<ref name="hoc-resignations">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf |title=Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 |author=Department of Information Services |publisher=House of Commons Library |date=9 June 2009 |accessdate=30 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206041753/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf |archivedate=6 February 2011 }}</ref>
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