Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew

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Robert Alexander Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew DSO , OBE (* 11. July 1914 , † 4. April 1979 ) was a British politician of the Conservative Party .

Life

Allan was born the younger son of Claud A. Allan and his wife Adeline Allan. He attended Harrow School ; there he was a Rothschild Scholar . He studied at Clare College of Cambridge University and at Yale University . In May 1939, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve . During the Second World War he served as an officer in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve from August 1939 until the end of the war in 1945.

He became commander of the Legion of Honor in 1943 and was also awarded the Croix de guerre in 1943 . On the annual New Year's Honors list, he was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1944. In 1944 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order , the British Order of Merit. He was mentioned five times in war reports and received the Mentioned in Despatches award .

His political career began in the late 1940s. He was from 1948 to 1951 Chairman ( President ) of the Scottish Junior Unionists , He stood for the Conservative Party in the British general election in 1945 for the constituency of Dunbartonshire and in the British general election in 1950 and the 1950 by-election for the constituency of West Dunbartonshire ; both candidacies were unsuccessful. From October 1951 to March 1966 Allan was for the Conservative Party then a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of South Paddington .

In the British House of Commons he was Assistant Whip of the Conservative Party (1953–1955). He was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in the Prime Minister's Office from 1955 to 1958 . From January 1958 to January 1959 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State finance in the British Admiralty ( Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty ). From 1959 to 1960 he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the British Foreign Office .

He was Treasurer ( Treasurer ) of the Conservative and Unionist Party Organization (1960-1965) and Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Conservative Central Board of Finance (1961-1966).

From 1971 to 1976 he was a "Governor" on the board of directors of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He was also Governor of Harrow School (since 1968) and Trustee and Chairman of the Lord Mayor Treloar Schools. He was also Chairman ( Chairman ) of the publishing house Ladybird Books , Director ( Director ) of the publishers Pearson / Longman and Longman / Penguin and President ( Chairman ) of the London Board of the Bank of Scotland .

On July 16, 1973, Allan was named a Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords ; he was named Baron Allan of Kilmahew , of Cardross in the County of Dunbartonshire . He gave his inaugural address on March 19, 1975 on the subject of postage for books and magazines in the postal sector . On March 17, 1976 he spoke there for the last time in the debate on the USSR and Exchange of Prisoners .

Allan had been married to Maureen Stuart-Clark, daughter of Harold Stuart-Clark, since 1947. His wife's family lived in Singapore . The marriage produced a son and a daughter. His son Sir Alex Allan , a former official in the public service, was chairman ( chairman ) of the Joint Intelligence Committee .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Allan, Robert Alexander Resume Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) Officers 1939-1945
  2. ↑ Paddington South ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of Houe of Commons MPs for Paddington South constituency; Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs; Retrieved October 28, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leighrayment.com
  3. ^ A b Robert Alexander Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Postal Charges: Books and Periodicals Text of the March 19, 1975 speech
  5. ↑ USSR And Exchange of Prisoners Text of the speech of March 17, 1976
personal data
SURNAME Allan, Robert, Baron Allan of Kilmahew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allan, Robert Alexander, Baron Allan of Kilmahew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1914
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1979