Desmond Banks, Baron Banks
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| Born | Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks 23 October 1918 Ascot, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 15 June 1997 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Politician |
Desmond Anderson Harvie Banks, Baron Banks, CBE (23 October 1918 – 15 June 1997) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Banks was born in
He was Chairman of the Liberal Party Executive from 1961 to 1963 and from 1969 to 1970, and
Banks had joined the Liberals while at school. He joined the staff at Liberal Party HQ in 1949 and was at one time editor of the party newspaper Liberal News. He first stood as a parliamentary candidate in the 1950 election in Harrow East,[4] then in St Ives in 1955 election[5] and Hertfordshire South West in the 1959 election.[6] He was sometime speechwriter for Jo Grimond and a frequent contributor to Liberal News as well as author of many pamphlets and policy papers.[7]
In 1952, together with
Banks was a strong pro-European, a founder member and one time chairman of the Liberal European Action Group and was President of the British Council of the
References
- ^ The Times, 1.1.72
- ^ "No. 45554". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1971. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 46459". The London Gazette. 9 January 1975. p. 309.
- ^ The Times, 11.2.50
- ^ G Tregigda, The Liberal Party in South West Britain since 1918, p.154
- ^ The Times, 7.10.59
- ^ The Political Insight of Elliott Dodds, author information
Bibliography
- Vernon Bogdanor, Liberal Party Politics, Oxford University Press, 1983
- Graham Lippiatt, entry on Banks in Dictionary of Liberal Biography, Brack et al. (eds.): Politico's, 1998
- Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in South West England since 1918, University of Exeter Press, 2000
- Donald Wade & Desmond Banks, The Political Insight of Elliott Dodds, Liberal Publications Dept., 1977
- Alan Watkins, The Liberal Dilemma, MacGibbon & Key, 1966
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