Cuthbert Alport
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| Member of Parliament for Colchester | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 16 February 1961 | |
| Preceded by | George Delacourt-Smith |
| Succeeded by | Antony Buck |
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| Born | 22 March 1912 |
| Died | 28 October 1998 (aged 86) |
| Spouse | Rachel Bingham |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Baron Alport, .
Early life
"Cub" Alport was educated at
Political career
Alport was an assistant secretary for the Conservative Party Education Department between 1937 and 1939. He was Director of the Conservative Political Centre between 1945 and 1950. He was elected as the
Alport held the post of Assistant Postmaster-General between 1955 and 1957. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations between 1957 and 1959. He held the office of Minister of State for the Commonwealth Relations Office between 1959 and 1961. He was invested as a Privy Councillor in 1960. He held the office of British High commissioner to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1961 and 1963. He was appointed High Steward of Colchester in 1967 and he was appointed deputy lieutenant of Essex in 1974.
Family life
In 1945 he married Rachel, the great granddaughter of George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan. The marriage produced three children, two girls and one boy.
Published works
- Kingdoms in Partnership (1937)
- Hope in Africa (1952)
- The Sudden Assignment (1965)
Honorary degree
Lord Alport was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex in July 1997.[citation needed]
The Alport Papers
Lord Alport's correspondence and papers (the Alport Papers) are archived at the University of Essex library.[3] Additional correspondence with Roy Welensky is archived at the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, University of Oxford.
Arms
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References
- ^ Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 42281". The London Gazette. 17 February 1961. p. 1249.
- ^ "Lord Alport Papers, Special Collections – Library Services, University of Essex". libwww.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1985. p. 30.
- Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Cuthbert Alport
- Portraits of Cuthbert Alport at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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