Alfred Wilson, Baron Wilson of Radcliffe
Alfred Wilson, Baron Wilson of Radcliffe ( June 10, 1909 , † January 25, 1983 ) was a British politician who became a member of the House of Lords in 1975 as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .
Life
Wilson was at the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS operational co-Wholesale Society operates) and became in 1965 secretary. After the death of the previous Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CWS, Philip Thomas, in a plane crash, he became his successor in February 1969, after he had been acting CEO since June 1968. During his tenure as CEO, he implemented various significant developments within CWS, such as the management development program and the expansion of the operational business of Co-operative Bank Plc.
By a letters patent dated January 14, 1975, Wilson was raised to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Wilson of Radcliffe , of Radcliffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and was a member of the House of Lords until his death.
Web links
- Alfred Wilson at the Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Alfred Wilson, Baron Wilson of Radcliffe, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 13, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Co-op appoint their new chief . In: The Glasgow Herald, February 6, 1969
- ^ Entry in the Hansard (April 21, 1975)
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 46466, HMSO, London, January 16, 1975, p. 633 ( PDF , accessed October 31, 2013, English).
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| SURNAME | Wilson, Alfred, Baron Wilson of Radcliffe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1909 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1983 |