George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd
Hereditary Peerage | |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Lord Shepherd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Robert Shepherd 19 August 1881 |
| Died | 4 December 1954 (aged 73) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Ada Newton (m. 1915) |
| Children | 2 |
George Robert Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd
Early life
Shepherd was the son of George Robert Shepherd, a tailor of
He did not serve in the
Career
In 1920, Shepherd became Labour Party District Organiser for the London and Southern area.
House of Lords
On 28 June 1946 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Shepherd, of
Personal life
In 1915, he married Ada Newton. She was an active trade unionist and campaigner for women's rights who was supported by the
in fighting for a living wage for women. They had a son and a daughter, Margaret who died in 2015.Lord Shepherd died in December 1954, aged 73, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son Malcolm, who also became a prominent Labour politician and held many of the same offices as George Shepherd.
References
- ^ a b Labour Party, Annual Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p. 22
- ^ "No. 37637". The London Gazette. 2 July 1946. p. 3394.
- ^ "No. 39396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 November 1951. p. 6235.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Obituary of his son Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd The Independent 7 April 2001