robert, taylor, morpeth, other, people, named, robert, taylor, robert, taylor, disambiguation, robert, john, taylor, 1881, july, 1954, british, labour, party, politician, born, blyth, northumberland, taylor, became, coal, miner, then, checkweighman, became, ac. For other people named Robert Taylor see Robert Taylor disambiguation Robert John Taylor 1881 19 July 1954 was a British Labour Party politician Born in Blyth Northumberland Taylor became a coal miner and then a checkweighman He became active in the Labour Party serving on Blyth Council from 1935 until 1938 and also on Northumberland County Council 1 He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament MP for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland and held the seat until his death in 1954 aged 73 In Clement Attlee s post war Labour Government he was a Lord of the Treasury from 1945 to 1951 serving as Deputy Chief Whip from 1946 2 After Labour s defeat at the 1951 general election he was appointed in 1952 as a Privy Counsellor References edit Stenton Michael Lees Stephen 1981 Who s Who of British Members of Parliament Vol IV Brighton Harvester Press p 362 Junior Government Appointments The Times 1 April 1946 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with M part 2 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Robert Taylor Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byGodfrey Nicholson Member of Parliament for Morpeth1935 1954 Succeeded byWill Owen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Taylor Morpeth MP amp oldid 1177019757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
