Donald Chapman
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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In office 20 January 1976 – 18 April 2013 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield | |
In office 25 October 1951 – 29 May 1970 | |
Preceded by | Raymond Blackburn |
Succeeded by | Raymond Carter |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 November 1923 |
Died | 18 April 2013 (aged 89) |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
William Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield (25 November 1923 – 18 April 2013)[1] was a British Labour politician.
Career
Chapman was educated at
He took part in local politics in Cambridge town, where he was a member of the City Council from 1945 to 1947, and concurrent secretary of Cambridge Trades Council and local Labour Party from 1945 to 1957. Nationally, he was research secretary (1948–49) then general secretary (1949–53) of the Fabian Society.[2]
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield from 1951 until he stood down in 1970. He was a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1971 to 1973, visiting fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Economics at the University of Sussex from 1973 to 1979, chairman of the Rural Development Commission from 1974 to 1980 and special adviser to the ECC Commission on Environmental Policy in 1981.[2] From 1985 to 1988, he was Director of Wembley Stadium.[citation needed]
After being initially deputy-chairman,
He was created a
References
- ^ "House of Lords announcement 3 June 2013". House of Lords Hansard. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-7136-5158-X.
- ^ a b c d "Chief made vision for new town a reality, Tribute to pioneer who created Telford". Shropshire Star. 3 May 2013. p. 20.Report by Toby Neal.
- ^ "News Briefing. Lord Northfield dies at age of 89". Shropshire Star. 3 May 2013. p. 1.
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2006.