Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby (born April 20, 1931 in London , † October 3, 2014 in Hampshire ) was a British nobleman , politician and military .
life and career
Allenby went to school in Eton and attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel with the 11th Hussar Regiment , later Royal Hussars , which were stationed in Malaya between 1953 and 1956 . From 1957 to 1958 he served as aide-de-camp with the Governor of Cyprus , from 1967 to 1969 he was Brigade Major (Chief of Staff) in the 51st Brigade in Hong Kong and from 1974 to 1977 he was in command of the Great Association of the British Territorial Army ( Territorial Army ) Royal Yeomanry .
After the death of his father, Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby , he inherited the title Viscount Allenby and sat since 1984 as a crossbencher (non-party) in the House of Lords . Lord Allenby was Deputy Speaker ( Deputy Speaker ) of the House of Lords from 1997 to 1999 . Under the House of Lords Act 1999 , he was one of those MPs who retained their seat.
He was the patron of a British-Israeli society and promoted excavations at Megiddo , where his great-uncle Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby a battle in the First World War won.
Web links
- Allenby on the homepage of the upper house (English)
- The 3rd Viscount Allenby - obituary. Obituary in The Daily Telegraph, November 12, 2014
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Dudley Allenby |
Viscount Allenby 1984-2014 |
Henry Allenby |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allenby, Michael, 3rd Viscount Allenby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allenby, Michael Jaffray Hynman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman, politician and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 2014 |
| Place of death | Hampshire |