Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest
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Leslie Haden Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest (10 March 1877, Oldham – 20 August 1960) was a British author, journalist, doctor and Labour Party politician.
[edit] Education
- William Hulme's Grammar School
- Owens College, Manchester
- London Hospital
[edit] Career
- He served in the Boer War, World War I and World War II, winning a Military Cross.
- He was the founder of the Anglo-French Committee of the Red Cross and the Order of St. John
- He was a member of the London County Council for Woolwich (East), 1919-1922
- He was a Labour MP for Southwark North, 1923-1927 and for Islington North, 1937-1950 and founded the Labour Party Commonwealth Group. He was the first Jew to stand for Parliament as a Labour candidate.[1]
- He was created a peer in 1950 and was a Lord-in-Waiting to the King, February-October 1951 and thereafter an Assistant Opposition Whip in the House of Lords.
He married three times; his second wife, Muriel Carmel, was the daughter of Albert Goldsmid.
[edit] References
- Who was Who
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Anthony Strauss |
Member of Parliament for Southwark North 1923–1927 |
Succeeded by Edward Anthony Strauss |
| Preceded by Albert William Goodman |
Member of Parliament for Islington North 1938–1950 |
Succeeded by Ronw Moelwyn Hughes |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baron Haden-Guest 1950–1960 |
Succeeded by Stephen Haden-Guest |
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