Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon

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The Lord Faringdon
Born (1902-03-20)20 March 1902
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Residence Buscot Park, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
Spouse(s) Hon. Honor Chedworth Philipps (1927-1931)
Parent(s) Lt.-Col. Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson & Lady Violet Charlotte Dalzell

(Alexander) Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (20 March 1902 – 29 January 1977) was a British Labour politician.

He was the son of Lt-Col. the Hon. Harold Henderson and grew up in Shellingford. Henderson was sent to Eton College, then attended McGill University in Montreal, before graduating from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1924.[1]

Described by David Cargill as a "roaring pansy", Henderson was known for his effeminate demeanour, once opening a speech in the House of Lords with the words "My dears" instead of "My Lords".[2] His marriage, to the Hon. Honor Chedworth Philipps (the daughter of Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant), lasted only four years (consecrated in 1927; annulled in 1931).[1]

He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Faringdon, and inherited the estate of Buscot Park from his grandfather Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon in 1934.[3] In early life he had been prominent among the bright young things,[4] but by the late 1930s had joined the Labour Party, and was a keen supporter of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, after serving in a field hospital in Aragon in 1936. In 1938 he gave a home to 40 child evacuees from Spain, as well as to several other notable exiles, at his Oxfordshire estate.[5]

A noted pacifist, Faringdon served in the London Fire Brigade during World War II. Post-war he was a prominent member of the Fabian Society, and also served on the London County Council. He was elected as a councillor on 16 April 1958 for the Woolwich West division but was defeated by a Conservative at the 1961 election.[6][7] Following his defeat, he was appointed an alderman, a post he held until 1965.[8] He then served on the Greater London Council's Historic Buildings Committee.[3]

Gavin Henderson died in 1977 without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew Charles Michael Henderson as 3rd Baron Faringdon.[1]

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Faringdon
1934–1977		 Succeeded by
Charles Michael Henderson
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Fabian Society
1960 – 1961		 Succeeded by
Anthony Crosland
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