Reginald Wells-Pestell, Baron Wells-Pestell

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Reginald Alfred Wells-Pestell, Baron Wells-Pestell CBE JP (birth name: Reginald Alfred Pestell * 27. January 1910 ; † 17th January 1991 ) was a British politician of the Labor Party , the 1965 Life Peer due to the Life Peerages Act 1958 Became a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Pestell completed a degree in sociology after attending school and then worked as a probation officer and as a justice of the peace ( Justice of the Peace ). In 1938 he was one of the co-founders of the National Marriage Guidance Council , a charity that was founded after the rise in divorce rates for counseling married couples, families and young people as well as sex therapy, mediation and training courses and has been called Relate since 1988 . During the Second World War he did his military service and was last promoted to captain .

In addition to his professional career, he was involved in the Labor Party, for which he ran several times between 1950 and 1956 for a member of the House of Commons without success . On January 5, 1961, he changed his previous family name Pestell to Wells-Pestell by means of a declaration of intent (deed poll) .

By a letters patent dated May 10, 1965, Wells-Pestell was raised to the nobility under the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron Wells-Pestell , of Combs in the County of Suffolk, and thus belonged to the nobility until his death House of Lords as a member. On June 2, 1965 he was solemnly introduced ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords.

During this time, was Baron Wells-Pestell, the 1970 Member of the Standing Conference of Social assistance of the Council of the Church of England was appointed, from 1973 to 1979 spokesman of the faction of the Labor Party in the House of Health and Social Security and served in that role in 1975 played a key role in bringing about a revised Children Act 1975 .

On March 14, 1974, he was also appointed Lord-in-Waiting of the Royal Household (HM Household) by Queen Elizabeth II, along with John Jacques, Baron Jacques , Charles Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy and Alma Birk, Baroness Birk .

Most recently, Prime Minister James Callaghan appointed him Undersecretary of State for Health and Social Security on January 4, 1979 , making him one of the closest collaborators to the then Secretary of State for Social Services ) David Ennals . However, he held the office of Undersecretary of State for only four months until the Labor Party was defeated in the general election on May 3, 1979 .

He was also temporarily deputy spokesman for the House of Lords. For his services he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire on June 11, 1988 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 42358, HMSO, London, May 19, 1961, p. 3805 ( PDF , accessed October 10, 2013, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 43648, HMSO, London, May 10, 1965, p. 4573 ( PDF , accessed October 10, 2013, English).
  3. ↑ Hansard of June 2, 1965
  4. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk  
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46242, HMSO, London, March 19, 1974, p. 3538 ( PDF , accessed October 10, 2013, English).
  6. ↑ Ministerial membership of DHSS 1970-88
  7. ^ Ministers who have left the DHSS but not to go to another department 1970-88
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 51365, HMSO, London, June 11, 1988, p. 9 ( PDF , accessed October 10, 2013, English).
personal data
SURNAME Wells-Pestell, Reginald, Baron Wells-Pestell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wells-Pestell, Reginald Alfred, Baron Wells-Pestell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician (Labor Party)
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1910
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1991