Harold Sutcliffe
Sir Harold Sutcliffe (11 December 1897 – 20 January 1958) was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.
Born in Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow and then Oriel College, Oxford.
During the
He became an expert in the cotton trade and became a prominent figure in the City of London. In 1931 he was elected Member of Parliament for
Described by The Times as 'never a very conspicuous figure at Westminster' and 'a persuasive rather than a demonstrative speaker', Sutcliffe became Parliamentary Private Secretary to William Mabane in 1939, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to Osbert Peake first at the Home Office in 1942, then the Treasury and finally, after the 1951 general election, at the Ministry of National Insurance. He was knighted in 1953.[3]
He married Theodora Cochrane in 1926 and they had four children. One son, John, later became a Member of Parliament.[4]
References
- ^ 'Sir Harold Sutcliffe: Parliament and the City', The Times 21 January 1958.
- ^ "Record Income". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Yorkshire, England. 17 July 1947. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
...Harold Sutcliffe, M.P., and Sir George Martin; hon. secretaries: Mr. R. F. Pawsey: (Barnsley) and Mr. B. T. Clegg (Hebden Bridge): hon. financial secretary: Councillor J W. Wootton; hon. auditors: Whitfield and Company, Leeds; hon. solicitors: Middleton & Sons of Leeds...
- ^ 'Sir Harold Sutcliffe: Parliament and the City', The Times 21 January 1958.
- ^ 'Sir Harold Sutcliffe: Parliament and the City', The Times 21 January 1958.