Edward Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe
GBE | |
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Member of Parliament for Tamworth | |
In office 1923–1929 | |
Preceded by | Percy Newson |
Succeeded by | Arthur Steel-Maitland |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Mauger Iliffe 17 May 1877 Coventry, Warwickshire |
Died | 25 July 1960 Marylebone, London | (aged 83)
Political party | Conservative |
Children | Langton Iliffe |
Occupation | Newspaper magnate |
Edward Mauger Iliffe, 1st Baron Iliffe,
Biography
Iliffe was the son of William Isaac Iliffe (1843–1917), a printer and
After his father died in 1917, he and his brother expanded the business and Edward ultimately became president and the principal proprietor of the
Member of Parliament
He sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Tamworth from 1923 to 1929, but resigned to give his seat to Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, who had been unseated in the election.[1]
Public service and honours
During the
Iliffe was knighted in 1922.[3] On 22 June 1933 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire,[4] where he lived at Yattendon Court.
He worked with the Association of the British Chambers of Commerce for many years and was the president of the association in 1932.
During the Second World War, he served as chairman of the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St John Appeal and helped raise more than £50 million, for which he was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
Iliffe also served as president of the Trustees of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, from 1933 to 1958, and president of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain from 1945 to 1959.[1] In 1946 he served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.[5]
In 1937, Iliffe donated Allesley Hall and the surrounding acreage to the Coventry City Council.[1]
Personal life
Iliffe married Charlotte, daughter of Henry Gilding, in 1902, and they had a son and a daughter. He died in July 1960 in London, aged 83, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Langton.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Lord Iliffe – A Lifetime in the Newspaper Industry". The Times. 26 July 1960. p. 13.
- ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1918. p. 6690.
- ^ "No. 32730". The London Gazette. 18 July 1922. p. 5354.
- ^ "No. 33954". The London Gazette. 27 June 1933. p. 4296.
- ^ https://www.clockmakers.org/the-company/history Worshipful Company of Clockmakers history page; link at bottom to PDF list of past masters