Frank Ongley Darvall
Frank Ongley Darvall CBE (16 April 1906 – 21 May 1987), was a British students' union leader, Liberal Party politician, diplomat and authority on Anglo-American relations.
Background
He was the fifth son of R. T. Darvall and Annie Johnson, of Reading, Berkshire. He was educated at Dover College and Reading (BA), London (BA, PhD) and Columbia (MA) Universities. He married, in 1931, Dorothy Edmonds of New York City. They had one son. He was awarded the CBE in 1954.[1]
Political career
He was
He was Liberal candidate for the Ipswich Division of Suffolk at the 1929 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist
|
Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni | 18,527 | 39.7 | −15.7 | |
Labour | Robert Jackson | 17,592 | 37.7 | −6.9 | |
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 10,559 | 22.6 | n/a | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 85.7 | −2.0 | |||
Unionist hold
|
Swing | −4.4 |
He was Liberal candidate for the
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Somerset Maxwell | 17,492 | 50.0 | ||
Labour | F. Emerson | 12,062 | 34.5 | ||
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 5,418 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 5,430 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 34,972 | 71.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
After the election he was adopted by Dorset East Liberal Association as their prospective parliamentary candidate, a more winnable seat as the Liberals came second in 1935 and had last won as recently as 1929.
Darvall was prominent touring around Britain giving a series of lectures on world affairs in conjunction with the University Extension Association.[4] Darvall was elected to the influential policy-making body the Liberal Party Council. From this platform he was one of the leading figures in the party who argued in support of a
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rupert Arnold Brabner | 12,016 | 54.2 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Frank Ongley Darvall | 9,577 | 43.2 | +7.1 | |
Independent
|
Harry St. John Bridger Philby | 576 | 2.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,439 | 11.0 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 62.4 | −5.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.4 |
With a general election perhaps only a couple of months away, Darvall agreed to remain as Liberal candidate for Hythe and the Dorset East Liberals quickly found a replacement for him in Graham Hutton. As things transpired, the anticipated general election was not held due to the outbreak of war.
Early career
He was
Diplomatic career
He was British consul, Denver, 1945–46; 1st Secretary HM Embassy, Washington, 1946–49; vice-chairman Kinsman Trust, 1949–56; editor, The English-Speaking World, 1950–53; director-general, English-speaking Union of the Commonwealth, 1949–57; chairman, Congress of European-American Assoc., 1954–57. European editor, World Review, 1958–59. Honorary director UK Committee, Atlantic Congress, 1959; attached British High Commission, Cyprus, 1960–62; director, British Information Services, Eastern Caribbean, 1962–66; attached, British consulate-general, Barcelona, 1966; consul, Boston, 1966–68; FCO (formerly CO), 1968–70. He retired from HM Diplomatic Service in 1970.[1]
He was dean of academics, Alvescot College, 1970–71, vice-president, 1971–72.[1]
Publications
He wrote extensively throughout his career, but his three most significant works were;[1]
- Popular Disturbances and Public Order in Regency England, 1934
- The Price of European Peace, 1937
- The American Political Scene, 1939
References
- ^ a b c d e Darvall, Frank Ongley, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 18 December 1937.
- ^ The Liberal Party in South-west Britain Since 1918 by Garry Tregidga.
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference, 1939.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig.