Emmott was born on 12 November 1898, the son of Charles Emmott of
Oldham by his wife, the Lady Constance Campbell, one of the many daughters of the
8th Duke of Argyll. Like many of his generation, he fought in the
First World War, serving in France in 1917–19 and rising to the rank of second lieutenant. He was
called to the bar (
Middle Temple) in 1924. He contested Preston in 1929, and was returned for
Glasgow Springburn. In 1935, he moved to the safe Conservative seat of
East Surrey, where he remained until 1945. During the Second World War, he served with the
Royal Air Force concurrently with his service in the House of Commons. He was received into the
Roman Catholic Church in 1948. ==References==