Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside

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Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside (born August 16, 1879 - May 5, 1958 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party and speaker of the House of Commons .

Family and career

The son of House of Commons James Clifton Brown had eight siblings of whom his older brother Howard Clifton Brown was also a House of Commons. Another older brother (Francis Clifton Brown) was Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy . Other brothers served as magistrates and officers.

His only daughter Audrey married Harry Hylton-Foster, who later became Speaker of the House of Commons, in 1931 .

After attending Eton College , he graduated from Trinity College (Cambridge) , graduating in 1901 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and in 1905 with a Master of Arts (MA) .

After graduating, he joined the British Army and rose to Colonel of the Northumberland Hussars in the Territorial Army until 1918 .

Political career

MP

Brown began his political career in 1918 with the election to the House of Commons. There he represented, with a brief interruption (1923-1924) until 1951, the interests of the Conservative Party of the Hexham constituency .

Between 1938 and 1943 he was Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. In addition, he was appointed to the Privy Council (PC) in 1941 .

Speaker of Parliament and member of the House of Lords

During the Second World War he was elected on March 16, 1943 as the successor to the late Edward FitzRoy as Speaker of the House of Commons. He held this office until he left the House of Commons in 1951. He was succeeded as Speaker of the House of Commons by his party friend William Morrison .

After leaving the House of Commons, he was raised to hereditary nobility on December 14, 1951 due to his previous office as speaker . He then led the title of Viscount Ruffside of Hexham in the County of Northumberland and was thus the upper house ( House of Lords on). Since he did not leave any male descendants, the title expired on his death in 1958.

Awards

In 1945 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in civil law (Doctor of Civil Laws) from the University of Durham and Cambridge University . In 1948 the University of Caen also awarded him the title of Doctor Iuris honoris causa. 1949 received the rank of Honorary Colonel of the Northumberland Hussars.

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SURNAME Brown, Douglas Clifton, 1st Viscount Ruffside
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, Douglas Clifton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician and Speaker of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1879
DATE OF DEATH May 5th 1958