Peggy Herbison

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Margaret "Peggy" McCrorie Herbison (* 11. March 1907 in Shotts , Lanarkshire , Scotland , † 29. December 1996 in Lanark , South Lanarkshire , Scotland) was a British politician of the Labor Party , which from 1945 to 1970 member of the House ( House of Commons ) and was Minister several times.

Life

Margaret "Peggy" McCrorie Herbison, daughter of miners John Herbison and Maria Jane McCrorie, began studying English at the University of Glasgow after attending Dykehead Primary School and Bellshill Academy , which she received in 1928 with a Master of Arts ( MA Honors). She then worked as a teacher. After the war, it was for the Labor Party in the election on July 5, 1945 for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented there the constituency Lanarkshire Northern or from theElected from February 23, 1950 to June 18, 1970 the constituency of Lanarkshire North . In her first election she was able to prevail against longtime Conservative Party MP and Minister William Anstruther-Gray . In 1948 she became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labor Party and was Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in the Attlee Cabinet between March 2, 1950 and October 26, 1951 , a function which Tom Fraser and John James Robertson also dressed at the time .

1956 replaced Peggy Herbison Edwin Gooch as chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Labor Party and remained in this role of the party executive chairman until she was replaced by Tom Driberg in 1957 . After the Labor Party's victory in the general election on October 15, 1964 , she became Minister of Pensions and National Insurance in the Wilson I cabinet on October 18, 1964, and held this position until she was renamed Minister of Social Security (Minister of Social Security) on 21 October 1964 she became a member of the secret Privy Council on August 6, 1966. ( Privy Council ) appointed. She then took over the newly created office of Minister of Social Security on August 6, 1966 , which she held until she was replaced by Judith Hart on July 26, 1967.

After leaving the House of Commons, Peggy Herbison became involved in the Church of Scotland and was elected Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland as her immediate predecessor in 1970 as the first woman after Queen Elizabeth II , and held this office up to her replacement by Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir 1971. In 1970 the University of Glasgow also awarded her an honorary doctorate in law (Honorary LL.D.) . On December 10, 1974, she was also a member of a Royal Commission chaired by Cyril Salmon, Baron Salmon , which dealt with the investigation of corruption in central government and local authorities as well as in other public administration.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minister of Pensions in the Hansard
  2. ↑ PRIVY COUNSELLORS 1915 - 1968 (leighrayment.com)
  3. ^ Minister for Social Security in the Hansard
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46436, HMSO, London, December 17, 1974, p. 12888 ( PDF , accessed March 6, 2019, English).
personal data
SURNAME Herbison, Peggy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herbison, Margaret McCrorie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Shotts , Lanarkshire , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1996
Place of death Lanark , South Lanarkshire , Scotland