Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne

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Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne , PC , QC , TD (* 13. April 1910 , † 22. January 1992 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party , among others 1945-1983 Member of Parliament ( House of Commons ) as well as Minister of Health from 1957 to 1960. He was also a member of the European Parliament between 1973 and 1979 . In 1983 he became a life peer with the title Baron Broxbourne elevated to the peerage and thus belonged between 1983 and his death in 1992 the upper house ( House of Lords ) as a member.

Life

Lawyer, officer and member of the House of Commons

Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, son of lawyer and member of the House of Commons Jonah Smith Walker-Smith and his wife Maud Coulton Hunter, studied at Christ Church at the University of Oxford after attending Rossall School , which he received in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) ended. After studying law , he received in 1934 his legal admission as a barrister at the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Middle Temple . He was also a member of the Advisory Committee on Local Government in 1934. During the Second World War , the Territorial Army served in the Royal Artillery , where he was last promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded a Territorial Decoration (TD).

In the elections of July 5, 1945 , Walker-Smith was first elected to the Conservative Party as a member of the House of Commons and represented the Hertford constituency until May 26, 1955 . He released in 1951 Arnold Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley as chairman of the influential, from the backbenchers (Backbencher) the conservative Tories existing 1922 Committee , and held this position until 1955 made, after which John Granville Morrison began his successor. In the elections of May 26, 1955 was re-elected to the House of Commons and represented there until June 9, 1983 the new constituency of Hertfordshire East . It was for his services as a lawyer in 1955 to Attorney General (Queen's Counsel) appointed and served from 1956 to 1957 as an economic secretary to the Treasury (Economic Secretary of the Treasury) . After that he held from January 16 to September 17, 1957 the post of Minister of State (Minister of State) in the Department of Commerce ( Board of Trade ) and was, as such, on 19 January 1957 a member of the Secret Privy Council ( Privy Council ) .

Minister of Health, Member of the European Parliament and Member of the House of Lords

In the Macmillan cabinet , Derek Walker-Smith took over from Dennis Vosper on September 17, 1957, the post of Minister of Health (Minister of Health) and held this until his replacement by Enoch Powell on July 27, 1960. On July 18, 1960 he was raised in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom to hereditary baronet , of Broxbourne in the County of Hertford. He was also a member of the European Parliament between 1973 and 1979 .

After leaving the House of Commons, Walker-Smith was raised to the nobility by a letters patent dated September 21, 1983 as a life peer with the title Baron Broxbourne , of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire, and thus belonged to the nobility between 1983 and his death in 1992 House of Lords as a member.

On May 26, 1938, Derek Walker-Smith married Dorothy Etherton, daughter of Captain Louis John Walpole Etherton. From this marriage his son John Jonah Walker-Smith emerged, who inherited the title of 2nd Baronet on his death on January 22, 1992, as well as the two daughters Deborah Susan Walker-Smith and Berenice Mary Walker-Smith.

Publications

In addition to his legal and political work, Derek Walker-Smith wrote several non-fiction books, including biographies of Neville Chamberlain , Charles Darling, 1st Baron Darling and Edward George Clarke . His works include:

  • The life of Lord Darling , 1938
  • Neville Chamberlain , 1939
  • The life and famous cases of Sir Edward Clarke , 1942
  • The case for a European Ombudsman , 1978
  • The standard forms of building contract , 1984

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Economic Secretary to the Treasury (HANSARD 1803-2005)
  2. ↑ PRIVY COUNSELLORS 1915–1968 (leighrayment.com)
  3. ↑ Minister of Health (HANSARD 1803-2005)
  4. ↑ BARONETAGE (leighrayment.com)
personal data
SURNAME Walker-Smith, Derek, Baron Broxbourne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walker-Smith, Derek Colclough, Baron Broxbourne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, MP and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1910
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1992