Francis Pearson
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Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson | |
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Member of Parliament for Clitheroe | |
In office 1959–1970 | |
Preceded by | Richard Fort |
Succeeded by | David Walder |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 1963–1964 | |
Prime Minister | Alec Douglas-Home |
Preceded by | Knox Cunningham |
Succeeded by | Ernest Fernyhough |
Personal details | |
Born | Francis Fenwick Pearson (1911-06-13)13 June 1911 |
Died | 17 February 1991(1991-02-17) (aged 79) |
Political party | Conservative |
Education | Uppingham School, Rutland |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Occupation | British colonial administrator Chief Minister of Manipur State Farmer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Indian Army |
Unit | 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles |
Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet,
Colonial service
Pearson attended
Indian Political Service
Pearson transferred to the
He served as the President of the Manipur State Durbar (equivalent to chief minister) in the princely state of Manipur from 1945 to 1947. The ruler of Manipur at that time was Maharaja Bodhachandra Singh. Pearson headed the committee that forumulated the Manipur State Constitution Act, passed in May 1947.[3] He handed over power to M. K. Priyabrata Singh on 14 August 1947, the eve of Indian independence.
The village of Pearson in Churachandpur district was named in his honour.
Parliamentary career
Pearson returned to Britain after Indian independence and settled in
At the
Parliamentary Private Secretary
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who became Prime Minister in October 1963, choose Pearson to be his Parliamentary Private Secretary, an unpaid but pivotal role where Pearson had to maintain relations between the Prime Minister and his own backbenchers. When Douglas-Home lost the 1964 general election and resigned as Prime Minister, he gave Pearson a Baronetcy in his resignation honours list.
Lancashire contribution
Pearson retired from Parliament at the
and several other areas).References
- ^ War services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941
- ^ London Gazette 14 June 1945, p2957
- ^ "Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947". ConstitutionOfIndia.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" (Harvester Press, 1981)
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Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Richard Fort |
Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1959–1970 |
Succeeded by |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by | Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1963–1964 |
Succeeded by |
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baronet (of Gressingham) 1963–1991 |
Succeeded by Francis Pearson
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