John Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate

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John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate Bt PC JP ( February 2, 1905 , † January 26, 1995 ) was a British Conservative Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons for twenty years and in 1970 as a life peer due to life Peerages Act 1958 became a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Vaughan-Morgan was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan , who represented the constituency of Fulham East in the House of Commons between 1922 and 1933 . After attending Eton College , he graduated from Christ Church at the University of Oxford . He did military service in the Welsh Guards during World War II and was later a major staff officer in the 21st Army Group during Operation Overlord .

After the war, Vaughan-Morgan began his political career in the Conservative Party and was initially a member of the London County Council (LCC) between 1946 and 1952 , in which he represented the Chelsea district. During this time he was also elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons in the general election on February 23, 1950 and represented the interests of the Reigate constituency for more than twenty years until the elections of June 18, 1970 .

In January 1957 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan , before he was Minister of State in the Board of Trade from September 1957 to October 1959 . For his political merits he was appointed hereditary baronet , of Outwood in the County of Surre on January 1, 1960 , and on June 2, 1961, Privy Councilor . In 1963 he assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of Governors of Westminster Hospital and held this position for more than ten years until 1970.

By a Letters Patent of July 2, 1970, Vaughan-Morgan, who temporarily as justices of the peace ( justice of the peace ) acted, according to the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron Reigate , of Outwood in the County of Surrey, raised to the nobility and thus belonged to the House of Lords as a member until his death. In addition, the Borough Reigate awarded him the title of Honorary Freeman in 1971 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 41909, HMSO, London, January 1, 1960, p. 1 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42370, HMSO, London, June 2, 1961, p. 4143 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 45142, HMSO, London, July 2, 1970, p. 7377 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
personal data
SURNAME Vaughan-Morgan, John, Baron Reigate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vaughan-Morgan, John Kenyon, Baron Reigate (full name); Sir John Vaughan-Morgan, 1st Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1905
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1995