Walter Monslow, Baron Monslow
Walter Monslow, Baron Monslow (* 26. January 1895 in Wrexham ; † 12. October 1966 ) was a British trade union functionary and politician of the Labor Party , which more than twenty years a Member of the House of Commons was in 1966 as a Life Peer due to the Life Peerages Act 1958 became a member of the House of Lords .
Life
After leaving school, Monslow worked as a train driver for British Railways and was also an official in the train drivers and stokers union ASLEF ( Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ), of which he was the organization secretary. In the general election of July 5, 1945 , he was elected as a Labor Party candidate for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Barrow-in-Furness for over twenty years until the general election on March 31, 1966 .
During the tenure of Prime Minister Clement Attlee , he was in 1949 first Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Civil Aviation ( Minister of Civil Aviation ) Frank Pakenham , before following from February 1950 to the end of Attlee's term in October 1951 Parliamentary Private Secretary (of Food Minister he Minister of Food ) Maurice Webb was.
After leaving the House of Commons, he was raised to the nobility by a letters patent dated June 15, 1966 under the Life Peerages Act 1958 as a life peer with the title Baron Monslow , of Barrow in Furness in the County Palatine of Lancaster . His introduction ( Introduction ) into the House of Lords took place at the side of Arthur Champion, Baron Champion and Charles Royle, Baron Royle on July 13, 1966. He was a member of the House of Lords until his death almost three months later.
Web links
- Walter Monslow at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Walter Monslow, Baron Monslow on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 43981, HMSO, London, May 19, 1966, p. 5785 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
- ↑ Edinburgh Gazette . No. 18466, HMSO, Edinburgh, June 17, 1966, p. 485 ( PDF , accessed October 18, 2013, English).
- ↑ Hansard of July 13, 1966
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| SURNAME | Monslow, Walter, Baron Monslow |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Labor Party politician, Member of the House of Commons and union official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wrexham |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1966 |