Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne
Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne, QC (13 April 1910 – 22 January 1992), known as Sir Derek Walker-Smith, Bt, from 1960 to 1983, was a British Conservative Party politician.
The son of
Queen's Counsel
in 1955.
Walker-Smith was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertford from 1945 to 1955, and East Hertfordshire from 1955 to 1983. He was Chairman of the 1922 Committee 1951–55. He held ministerial positions, including Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1956–57), at the Board of Trade (1955–56 and 1957), and Health (1957–59).
Walker-Smith was created a
The life barony became extinct on his death aged 81 in 1992 while he was succeeded in the hereditary baronetcy by his son Jonah.
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Bibliography
- Horrocks, Sir Brian (1960). A Full Life. Barnsley: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-144-0.
References
- ^ Who's Who, 1963. A&C Black. p. 3163.Entry on Sir Jonah Walker-Smith.
- ^ Horrocks, p. 75
- ^ "No. 49488". The London Gazette. 26 September 1983. p. 12561.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1985.
Sources
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs