Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes
Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes KG DFC PC DL (born August 12, 1895 in Saddleworth , West Riding of Yorkshire , † September 11, 1987 in Oldham , Lancashire ) was a British officer , businessman and politician of the Labor Party who had been an MP for nineteen years of the House of Commons and in 1964 when Life Peer became a member of the House of Lords under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .
Life
Officer in the First and Second World Wars
After attending St Mary's School in Greenfield and the Technical College in Huddersfield, Rhodes worked in the wool industry and began his military service in the King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment during the First World War . After a subsequent use in the Yorkshire Regiment , he joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), where he served as an observer and gunner of a biplane - Bombers type RE8 in the 12th squadrons served. Together with his pilot Croye Pithey he won eleven dogfights and was this the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded before he suffered a serious injury in September 1918th On November 30, 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant and after retiring from active service on April 21, 1920, he was given permission to continue to hold this rank.
After the war, Rhodes was a mill owner and engaged in local politics for the Labor Party as chairman of the Saddleworth District Council . During World War II , he was promoted to major commanding officer in the British Home Guard in Saddleworth and most recently to lieutenant colonel.
Member of the House of Commons
After the war, Rhodes was at a by-election ( by-election ) in the constituency Ashton-under-Lyne on October 2, 1945 as a successor of the nobility raised William Jowitt first elected as an MP in the House of Commons and was this to its mandate resignation on August 31, 1964.
During this period, Rhodes was 1948-1950 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hilary Marquand , who initially Paymaster General ( Paymaster General ) and then Minister for Pensions ( Minister for Pensions ) was. He was then from 1950 until the defeat of the Labor Party in the general election of October 25, 1951 Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Trade ( Board of Trade ).
House of Lords
Shortly after leaving the House of Commons, Rhodes was raised to the nobility by a letters patent dated September 14, 1964 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Rhodes , of Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and was thus up member of the House of Lords on his death.
After the Labor Party won the general election on October 15, 1964 , Prime Minister Harold Wilson reappointed him as Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Commerce and held this post until he was replaced by Henry Walston, Baron Walston in 1967.
In 1968 he succeeded Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, and held this position until he was replaced by Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe in 1971. During this time, in 1969, he was also appointed Privy Councilor .
Most recently Baron Rhodes, who became Knight of the Garter in 1972 , became Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester in 1974 .
Web links
- Hervey Rhodes at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
- Entry in They Work For You
- Entry in the National Portrait Gallery (London)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry (theaerodrome.com)
- ↑ Aviation Art
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| SURNAME | Rhodes, Hervey, Baron Rhodes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British officer, politician, Member of the House of Commons and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saddleworth , West Riding of Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1987 |
| Place of death | Oldham , Lancashire |