Harold Woolley, Baron Woolley

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Harold Woolley, Baron Woolley,

CBE (6 February 1905 – 31 July 1986) was a British farmer and life peer who served as the President of the National Farmers' Union between 1960 and 1966.[1]

Life and career

Woolley was the son of William Woolley, JP and Eleanor Woolley, and was educated at the Woodhouse Grove School. A leading Cheshire farmer, he was elected as the Cheshire delegate to the National Farmers' Union in 1943, before chairing the NFU Parliamentary Committee between 1947 and 1957.[2] He then served as the NUS' vice president and deputy president on several occasions, before serving as its president between 1960 and 1966.[2]

Woolley was appointed

Deputy Lieutenant
of Cheshire in 1969.

Family

Woolley married Martha Annie Jeffs, with whom he had four sons, in 1926; she died in 1936. He then married Hazel Eileen Archer Jones, with whom he had two daughters, in 1937. Lady Woolley died in 1975.[2]

References

  1. ^ National Farmers' Union. "100 Years of the NFU: Key events and legislation 1908-2008". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^
    Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 13 June 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ^ "No. 41404". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1958. p. 3523.
  4. ^ "No. 43343". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1964. p. 4938.
  5. ^ "No. 43390". The London Gazette. 24 July 1964. p. 6313.
  6. ^ "No. 44229". The London Gazette. 19 January 1967. p. 671.
  7. ^ "Lord Woolley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

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