Beswick was elected to Parliament for Uxbridge in 1945 and served until 1959. He was one of the British observers at the 1946 Bikini atomic tests.[1] Following Labour's loss at the 1951 election, he became civil aviation correspondent for the Reynolds News, having been Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation.[1] When he lost his seat in 1959, he was appointed political secretary of the London Co-operative Society.[1]
frank, beswick, baron, beswick, august, 1911, august, 1987, british, labour, operative, politician, right, honourablethe, lord, beswickpcdeputy, leader, house, lordsin, office, february, 1974, december, 1975prime, ministerharold, wilsonleaderthe, lord, shepher. Frank Beswick Baron Beswick PC 21 August 1911 17 August 1987 was a British Labour Co operative politician The Right HonourableThe Lord BeswickPCDeputy Leader of the House of LordsIn office February 1974 December 1975Prime MinisterHarold WilsonLeaderThe Lord ShepherdPreceded byThe Lord AberdareSucceeded byThe Lord Goronwy RobertsMinister of State for IndustryIn office 11 March 1974 4 December 1975Prime MinisterHarold WilsonPreceded byEric HefferSucceeded byGerald KaufmanChief Whip of the House of LordsCaptain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at ArmsIn office 29 July 1967 24 June 1970Prime MinisterHarold WilsonPreceded byThe Lord ShepherdSucceeded byThe Earl St AldwynParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth AffairsIn office 11 October 1965 26 July 1967Prime MinisterHarold WilsonPreceded byThe Lord TaylorSucceeded byWilliam WhitlockMember of the House of LordsLord TemporalIn office 18 December 1964 17 August 1987Life PeerageMember of Parliamentfor UxbridgeIn office 5 July 1945 18 September 1959Preceded byJohn LlewellinSucceeded byCharles CurranPersonal detailsBornFrank Beswick 1911 08 21 21 August 1911Hucknall Nottinghamshire England UKDied17 August 1987 1987 08 17 aged 75 Political partyLabour Co operativeOccupationPoliticianBorn in 1911 in Nottingham 1 Beswick s father was a coal miner He was educated in Nottingham and then at the Working Men s College in London 1 He became a journalist and was elected to the London County Council 1 He was in Spain during the Spanish Civil War 1 Already a qualified pilot he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and served with Transport Command A Sergeant Pilot he was commissioned Pilot Officer in April 1942 and promoted Flying Officer in October 1942 and Flight Lieutenant in March 1944 He remained in the RAFVR after the war resigning his commission in 1952 Beswick was elected to Parliament for Uxbridge in 1945 and served until 1959 He was one of the British observers at the 1946 Bikini atomic tests 1 Following Labour s loss at the 1951 election he became civil aviation correspondent for the Reynolds News having been Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation 1 When he lost his seat in 1959 he was appointed political secretary of the London Co operative Society 1 He was created Baron Beswick of Hucknall in the County of Nottinghamshire on 18 December 1964 2 He served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Commonwealth Office from 1965 then became Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords in 1967 Continuing in the whip role into Opposition in 1970 in 1974 he was appointed Minister of State for Industry and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords serving until 1975 and later became the first Chairman of British Aerospace 1 In 1975 he was UK signatory of the convention establishing the European Space Agency In 1985 he opened the first ever televised debate in the Lords 1 References edit a b c d e f g h i Strong Co op voices The Co operative News p 18 13 May 2008 No 43519 The London Gazette 18 December 1964 p 10823 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Frank BeswickParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJohn Llewellin Member of Parliament for Uxbridge1945 1959 Succeeded byCharles CurranPolitical officesPreceded byThe Lord TaylorEirene White Under Secretary of State for the Colonies1965 1966 With The Lord Taylor Succeeded byHimselfas Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth AffairsPreceded byThe Lord Taylor Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations1965 1966Preceded by2nd Baron Shepherd Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms1967 1970 Succeeded byThe Earl St AldwynPreceded byThe Lord Aberdare Deputy Leader of the House of Lords1974 1975 Succeeded byThe Lord Goronwy RobertsNew institution Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs1966 1967 Succeeded byWilliam Whitlock nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a life peer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frank Beswick Baron Beswick amp oldid 1102727024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
