Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury
Member of Parliament for Macclesfield | |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 1 May 1971 | |
Preceded by | W. Garfield Weston |
Succeeded by | Sir Nicholas Winterton |
Personal details | |
Born | Arthur Vere Harvey 31 January 1906 |
Died | 5 April 1994 Mentioned in Despatches (2) | (aged 88)
Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury,
Early life and Second World War
Harvey was educated at
Member of Parliament
Harvey was selected as the Conservative candidate for Macclesfield after the previous candidate Guy Gibson was killed in action. Harvey was elected as Member of Parliament for Macclesfield in 1945, and held the seat in seven further general elections. He was knighted in 1957.[2]
In the Commons, Harvey was chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee from 1966 to 1970. On 14 October 1969 he was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Macclesfield.[3]
Harvey was created a life peer as Baron Harvey of Prestbury, of Prestbury in the County Palatine of Chester on 1 May 1971.[4] He was succeeded as MP in the subsequent by-election by fellow-Conservative, Nicholas Winterton.
Family and later life
He was married three times.
- in 1940 to Jacqueline Dunnett (two sons, marriage dissolved 1954)
- in 1955 Mrs Hilary Williams (died 1978; marriage dissolved 1977)
- in 1978 Mrs Carol Cassar-Torreggiani; three adopted daughters.
He died at St Martin's Port, Guernsey 5 April 1994.[5]
Arms
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Notes
- ^ "No. 35586". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1942. p. 2487.
- ^ "No. 41134". The London Gazette. 23 July 1957. p. 4379.
- ^ "Sir Nick is made a freeman". Macclesfield Express. 5 September 2002. Archived from the original on 29 September 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 45361". The London Gazette. 6 May 1971. p. 4626.
- ^ "Obituary: Lord Harvey of Prestbury". The Independent. 8 April 1994.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1985.