George Wallace, Baron Wallace of Coslany
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The Right Honourable The Lord Wallace of Coslany |
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Born | George Douglas Wallace 18 April 1906 Cheltenham, England |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Sidcup, Kent, England |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Occupation | Politician |
George Douglas Wallace, Baron Wallace of Coslany (18 April 1906 – 11 November 2003) was a British Labour Party politician.
Wallace was born in Cheltenham and attended Cheltenham Central School. He became an office manager before volunteering to join the RAF in 1941, serving during World War II and rising to the rank of Sergeant.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Chislehurst in 1945 general election. In 1950, Wallace lost to Conservative Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smith by 167 votes. It was 14 years later in 1964 before he returned to Parliament, representing Norwich North. He retired from the House of Commons at the February 1974 election, and became a life peer as Baron Wallace of Coslany, of Coslany in the City of Norwich, on 17 January 1975.[1]
Wallace served as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1977 to 1979, and was a member of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from 1970 to 1986.
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Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46472. p. 885. 21 January 1975. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Wallace
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Chislehurst 1945–1950 |
Succeeded by Patricia Hornsby-Smith |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Norwich North 1964–February 1974 |
Succeeded by David Ennals |
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