John Jacques, Baron Jacques
John Henry Jacques, Baron Jacques (born January 11, 1905 in Ashington , Northumberland , † December 20, 1995 in Portsmouth ) was a British entrepreneur and politician of the Co-operative Party , who was a member of the Life Peerage Act 1958 as a Life Peer in 1968 House of Lords was.
Life
After attending school, Jacques completed a scholarship to study at the Co-operative College in Manchester and then became Executive Secretary of the Moorsley Society in 1925, before becoming a tutor at the Co-operative College in Manchester in 1929, after completing a degree in commercial management returned and taught there until 1942. After being between 1942 and 1945 accountant of the cooperative movement ( Co-operative Society ) in Plymouth was, he served from 1945 to 1965 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Co-operative Society of Portsea Iceland . During this time he was also Justice of the Peace ( Magistrate ) of Portsmouth from 1951 to 1975 .
Furthermore, Jacques, who was president of the congress of the cooperative movement in 1961, served as chairman of the cooperative movement ( Co-operative Union ) between 1964 and 1970 .
By a letters patent dated July 11, 1968, Jacques was raised to the nobility due to the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron Jacques , of Portsea Island in the County of Southampton, and thus belonged to the House of Lords until his death as a member. He subsequently served as President of the Retail Trades Education Council between 1971 and 1975 .
On March 14, 1974, he was beyond of Queen Elizabeth II. Along with Charles Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy , Reginald Wells-Pestell, Baron Wells-Pestell and Alma Birk, Baroness Birk to lord-in-waiting of the Royal Household ( HM Household ) called. As such, he was Parliamentary Secretary ( Government Whip ) of the ruling Labor Group in the House of Lords and exercised this function during the Labor Party governments under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan between 1974 and 1977 and again for a short time in 1979. In addition, Baron Jacques was from 1977 to 1985 Deputy Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords ( Deputy Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords ).
Web links
- John Jacques im Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- John Henry Jacques, Baron Jacques, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
- Obituary: Lord Jacques in The Independent, December 22, 1995
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 44631, HMSO, London, July 11, 1968, p. 7695 ( PDF , accessed October 16, 2013, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 46242, HMSO, London, March 19, 1974, p. 3538 ( PDF , accessed October 16, 2013, English).
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| SURNAME | Jacques, John, Baron Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacques, John Henry, Baron Jacques (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entrepreneur and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ashington , Northumberland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1995 |
| Place of death | Portsmouth |