Gordon Parry, Baron Parry

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Gordon Samuel David Parry, Baron Parry DL FRSA (* the thirtieth November 1925 in Narberth , Pembrokeshire , Wales , † 1. September 2004 in Llangwm , Pembrokeshire, Wales) was a British teacher , politician of the Labor Party and activists , the chairman of the Welsh Tourism Administration ( Wales Tourist Board ) was committed to nature and environmental protection projects and in 1976 when Life Peer became a member of the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .

Life

Teachers and unsuccessful lower house candidates

Parry began after attending school in Neyland and studying at Trinity University College in Carmarthen and the University of Liverpool in 1945 working as a teacher at primary schools ( Primary School ) from Pembroke Dock , Neyland and Haverfordwest . In addition to his professional career as a teacher, he was also politically active and represented the Labor Party between 1948 and 1975 in the Neyland Urban District Council . He was then between 1952 and 1962 and again from 1963 to 1968 librarian and administrator ( Housemaster ) of the County Secondary School in Haverfordwest. In the meantime he worked from 1962 to 1963 at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Liverpool.

In the general election of October 9, 1959 , Parry was the Labor Party's first candidate for a seat in the House of Commons , but was defeated in the Monmouth constituency by the Conservative Party constituency holder , Peter Thorneycroft .

After completing his work at the County Secondary School in Haverfordwest, he served between 1969 and 1978 as director of the Pembrokeshire Teachers 'Center ( Pembrokeshire Teachers' Center ).

In the early 1970s, Parry ran three more times for the Labor Party, namely in the general election on June 18, 1970 , February 28, 1974 and October 10, 1974 in the constituency of Pembroke . In all elections, however, he was defeated by his opponent from the Conservative Tories , Nicholas Edwards , who was later in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher between 1979 and 1987 Minister for Wales ( Secretary of State for Wales ).

Member of the House of Lords and activist for tourism, nature and environmental protection

By a letters patent dated January 21, 1976 Parry was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Parry , of Neyland in the County of Dyfed, to the nobility and was a member of the House of Lords until his death.

Shortly after moving into the House of Lords, he was appointed a member of the Open University's Advisory Committee on Studies and Education and also served as its chairman between 1978 and 1984. During his membership in the House of Lords, Parry, who was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), was involved in numerous tourist institutions, but also in organizations for nature and environmental protection. He was Chairman of the Welsh Tourist Board from 1978 to 1984 and was ex officio member of the British Tourist Authority , now VisitBritain . In this office he was not only committed to the tourist attractions, but also to the special environmental aspects of the coast and the rural areas of Pembrokeshire. In 1979 he also became a Fellow of the Tourism Association and a member of the Welsh Appeals Committee for the Commonwealth Games and in 1980 a Fellow of the Hotel and Catering and Institutional Management Association.

He also served as Chairman of the Keep Wales Tidy Committee between 1979 and 1986, and Chairman of the British Institute of Cleaning Science between 1981 and 1991 and Chairman of the British Cleaning Council from 1983 to 1987 ( British Cleaning Council ), which awards , among other things, the Cleanest City Award in Great Britain . He was also chairman of the Keep Britain Beautiful Campaign from 1986 to 1996 and chairman of the Keep Britain Tidy Group between 1986 and 1991 , later known as Tidy Britain , and then from 1991 until 1996 chairman of the environmental protection organization Clean World International . He was also active in helping people with disabilities and was President not only of the Spasticity Society, but also of the South Wales Regional Association of the National Society for Children with Intellectual Disabilities and the Society for Disabled Drivers in Wales.

From 1984 until his death he was also involved in the port company of Milford Haven ( Milford Docks Company ), initially as chairman and most recently from 1991 to 2004 as president. In 1989 he also became an Honorary Fellow of James Cook University (JCU) in Queensland and in 1990 an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Waste Management at Trinity University College in Camarthen and the University of Glamorgan .

In 1993 Parry, who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education (Hon.D.Ed.) by the University of Wales , became Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed .

Parry, who traveled extensively in the US state of Georgia undertook a Grand Marshal of the in was also entitled Macon held International Cherry Blossom Festival honored and there was also a friend of former US President Jimmy Carter .

publication

  • A Legacy for Life , 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 46765, HMSO, London, December 16, 1975, p. 16079 ( PDF , accessed November 12, 2013, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46805, HMSO, London, January 23, 1976, p. 1147 ( PDF , accessed November 12, 2013, English).
personal data
SURNAME Parry, Gordon, Baron Parry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parry, Gordon Samuel David, Baron Parry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British teacher, politician and official
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Narberth , Pembrokeshire , Wales
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 2004
Place of death Llangwm , Pembrokeshire , Wales