Gammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School.[1] He served with the Royal Field Artillery 1914–1918. He was in the Colonial Service in Malaya, 1920-1934 and attached to the British Embassy in Tokyo, 1926–1928. In 1930 he toured in India, Europe and America and, on retiring from the Colonial Service, lectured in the US and Canada. he was Director and Secretary of the Land Settlement Association, 1934–1939.[2]
In 1952 there was "public outrage" that the Post Office cats had not had a pay rise since 1873, and the next year there was a question in the House of Commons, and Gammans was asked, "when the allowance payable for the maintenance of cats in his department was last raised?"
Gammans replied, "There is, I am afraid, a certain amount of industrial chaos in The Post Office cat world. Allowances vary in different places, possibly according to the alleged efficiency of the animals and other factors. It has proved impossible to organise any scheme for payment by results or output bonus ... there has been a general wage freeze since July 1918, but there have been no complaints!"[6]
david, gammans, leonard, baronet, november, 1895, february, 1957, known, british, conservative, party, politician, mpmember, parliamentfor, hornseyin, office, 1941, february, 1957preceded, byeuan, wallacesucceeded, bymuriel, gammanspersonal, detailsbornleonard. Sir Leonard David Gammans 1st Baronet 10 November 1895 8 February 1957 known as David Gammans was a British Conservative Party politician Sir David GammansBt MPMember of Parliamentfor HornseyIn office 28 May 1941 8 February 1957Preceded byEuan WallaceSucceeded byMuriel GammansPersonal detailsBornLeonard David Gammans 1895 11 10 10 November 1895Died8 February 1957 1957 02 08 aged 61 NationalityBritishPolitical partyConservativeSpouseMuriel Paul m 1917 wbr Alma materPortsmouth Grammar SchoolGammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School 1 He served with the Royal Field Artillery 1914 1918 He was in the Colonial Service in Malaya 1920 1934 and attached to the British Embassy in Tokyo 1926 1928 In 1930 he toured in India Europe and America and on retiring from the Colonial Service lectured in the US and Canada he was Director and Secretary of the Land Settlement Association 1934 1939 2 He was first elected to Parliament at a by election in 1941 following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament MP for Hornsey Euan Wallace 3 Gammans held the North London seat until his own death in 1957 aged 61 The resulting 1957 Hornsey by election was won for the Conservatives by his wife Muriel known as Lady Gammans 4 In Winston Churchill s 1951 55 government he served as Assistant Postmaster General under Earl De La Warr 5 In 1952 there was public outrage that the Post Office cats had not had a pay rise since 1873 and the next year there was a question in the House of Commons and Gammans was asked when the allowance payable for the maintenance of cats in his department was last raised Gammans replied There is I am afraid a certain amount of industrial chaos in The Post Office cat world Allowances vary in different places possibly according to the alleged efficiency of the animals and other factors It has proved impossible to organise any scheme for payment by results or output bonus there has been a general wage freeze since July 1918 but there have been no complaints 6 Gammans was made a baronet of Hornsey in the County of Middlesex on 24 January 1956 7 The baronetcy became extinct on his death References Edit Gammans Sir Leonard David Who s Who A amp C Black Subscription or UK public library membership required GAMMANS DAVID SIR London Metropolitan Archives Craig F W S ed 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 Glasgow Political Reference Publications p 148 ISBN 0 900178 01 9 1957 By Election Results Archived from the original on 29 March 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2015 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1955 MuseumCats Day Industrial chaos in the Post Office cat world The British Postal Museum amp Archive blog 30 July 2014 Retrieved 23 April 2017 No 40695 The London Gazette 27 January 1956 p 566 Leigh Rayment s list of baronets Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPsExternal links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by David GammansParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byEuan Wallace Member of Parliament for Hornsey1941 1957 Succeeded byLady GammansBaronetage of the United KingdomNew creation Baronet of Hornsey 1956 1957 Extinct nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Gammans amp oldid 1169340400, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
