dick, mitchison, baron, mitchison, gilbert, richard, mitchison, baron, mitchison, march, 1894, february, 1970, british, labour, politician, right, honourablethe, lord, mitchisoncbe, qcmember, parliament, ketteringin, office, july, 1945, october, 1964preceded, . Gilbert Richard Mitchison Baron Mitchison CBE QC 23 March 1894 14 February 1970 was a British Labour politician The Right HonourableThe Lord MitchisonCBE QCMember of Parliament for KetteringIn office 5 July 1945 15 October 1964Preceded byJohn ProfumoSucceeded byGeoffrey de FreitasPersonal detailsBornGilbert Richard Mitchison 1894 03 23 23 March 1894Staines Middlesex EnglandDied14 February 1970 1970 02 14 aged 75 Westminster London EnglandPolitical partyLabourSpouseNaomi Haldane m 1916 wbr ChildrenGeoffrey Denis Murdoch Avrion Lois and ValentineAlma materEton CollegeNew College OxfordNicknameDickBorn in Staines Mitchison was educated at Eton College and New College Oxford and became a barrister called to the bar in 1917 and King s Counsel He served with the Queen s Bays in the First World War attaining the rank of Major and gaining the Croix de Guerre He worked in the Ministry of Labour during the Second World War on the Beveridge manpower survey and led the Nuffield College social reconstruction survey Mitchison stood for Parliament without success in King s Norton at the 1931 and 1935 elections He was the Labour Member of Parliament for Kettering between 1945 and 1964 beating the young incumbent John Profumo at the 1945 election In Parliament Mitchison sponsored the New Streets Act as a private member s bill He was given a life peerage created Baron Mitchison of Carradale in the County of Argyllshire on 5 October 1964 1 He served on the executive of the Fabian Society He married the writer Naomi Haldane daughter of John Scott Haldane and sister of J B S Haldane in Oxford 1916 They had six children including four sons Geoffrey 1918 1927 Denis 1919 2018 a professor of bacteriology Murdoch 1922 2011 and Avrion born 1928 both professors of zoology Their daughters were Lois and Valentine the latter of whom married the historian Mark Arnold Forster Mitchison died in Westminster aged 75 References Edit No 43455 The London Gazette 6 October 1964 p 8409 Iain Dale ed 2003 The Times House of Commons 1929 1931 1935 Politico s reprint ISBN 1 84275 033 X The Times House of Commons 1945 1945 The Times House of Commons 1950 1950 The Times House of Commons 1955 1955 External links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Gilbert MitchisonParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJohn Profumo Member of Parliament for Kettering1945 1964 Succeeded byGeoffrey de Freitas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dick Mitchison Baron Mitchison amp oldid 1163437079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
