Walter Clegg

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Sir Walter Clegg (* 18th April 1920 in Bury , Lancashire , † 15. April 1994 in Fleetwood , Lancashire) was a British solicitor and politician of the Conservative Party , the 1966-1987 deputy of the lower house ( House of Commons ) was. He was seriously injured in the bomb attack on the Grand Hotel in Brighton by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Conservative Party conference on October 12, 1984.

Life

Military service, solicitor and member of the House of Commons

Walter Clegg, the son of a weaver, began studying law at the University of Manchester after attending the Bury Grammar School, founded in 1570, and the Arnold School in Blackpool , which he had to interrupt after the outbreak of World War II . He then began in 1939 his military service in the Royal Artillery and fell into North Africa in captivity . After completing his military service, he continued his studies in 1946 and, after being admitted to the bar in 1947 , worked as a solicitor at the law firm of Charles Ingham, Clegg & Growthcr and Laytons in Fleetwood . On June 23, 1950 he became Serving Brother of the Order of Saint John (SBStJ). In 1955 he began his political engagement in local politics and was elected to the County Council of Lancashire . In the election on October 8, 1959 , he ran for the Conservative Party in the Vauxhall constituency for a seat in the House of Commons, but with 11,795 votes (27.7 percent) was clearly defeated by the long-time constituency holder of the Labor Party , Tom Brown , to the 30,752 votes ( 72.3 percent).

In the elections of March 31, 1966 Clegg for was conservative Tories in the constituency Fylde North with 24,217 votes for the first time for the Members of the House (53.64 percent) ( House of Commons ) elected and thus to succeed his party colleague Richard Stanley , of that constituency had represented since 1950. He was re-elected with an absolute majority in the following general election and represented the constituency of Fylde North until its dissolution on June 9, 1983. As a member of parliament, he stood up for the fishing workers of Fleetwood , against the common European market and against all forms of bureaucracy . He served between 1967 and 1969 as parliamentary director ( Whip ) of the opposition Tory faction in the lower house.

Government offices and party functions

After the election victory of the Conservative Party in the election on June 18, 1970 Walter Clegg took over the Cabinet Heath between 24 June 1970 and the 7 April 1972 for the first time a government position, namely as one of the commissioners of the Treasury ( Lord Commissioner of the Treasury ) . He then took over on April 7, 1972 from Bernard Weatherill the office of Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household and held this office until his replacement by Pail Hawkins on December 2, 1973. He then served in the Heath cabinet again as the successor to Bernard Weatherill between December 2, 1973 and March 4, 1974 as Comptroller of the Household .

After the defeat in the general election on February 28, 1974 , Clegg was again whip the opposition for a short time and then became involved as treasurer of the 1922 Committee (Conservative Private Members' Committee) , an association of the backbenchers (backbenchers) of the conservative Tories in the lower house . In addition, he was from 1977 to 1987 chairman of the Conservative Group of Members of Parliament for the region of North West England and from 1979 to 1987 chairman of the non-partisan Parliamentary Solicitors Group (Parliamentary All Party Solicitors Group) . On March 11, 1980 he was beaten for his services to the Knight Bachelor and since then has had the suffix "Sir". and was last between 1982 and 1994 chairman of the Conservative Party of the North West England region (Conservative North-West Provincial Area) . After the dissolution of his previous constituency of North Fylde , he was re-elected to the House of Commons in the newly created constituency of Wyre on June 9, 1983 , to which he was now a member until June 11, 1987.

He was so badly injured in the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Conservative Party conference on October 12, 1984 by Patrick Magee that he remained until his death was dependent on a wheelchair. He was married to Elise Hargreaves from 1951 until her death in 1993.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 38952, HMSO, London, June 23, 1950, p. 3260 ( PDF , accessed January 4, 2019, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 45144, HMSO, London, July 7, 1970, p. 7483 ( PDF , accessed January 4, 2019, English).
  3. ^ Vice-Chamberlain of the Household ( Hansard )
  4. ↑ Controller of the Household ( Hansard )
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46146, HMSO, London, December 7, 1973, p. 14587 ( PDF , accessed January 4, 2019, English).
  6. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 48059, HMSO, London, January 7, 1980, p. 287 ( PDF , accessed January 4, 2019, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 48160, HMSO, London, April 18, 1980, p. 5815 ( PDF , accessed January 4, 2019, English).
personal data
SURNAME Clegg, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Bury , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1994
Place of death Fleetwood , Lancashire