Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
Fulham East (1945–1955) | |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 7 April 1979 | |
Preceded by | William Astor |
Succeeded by | Martin Stevens |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Michael Maitland Stewart 6 November 1906 Bromley, Kent, England |
Died | 10 March 1990 London, England | (aged 83)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
St. John's College, Oxford |
Profession | Member of Parliament |
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham,
Early life
The son of Robert Wallace Stewart, author and lecturer, and Eva Stewart née Blaxley, Robert Michael Maitland Stewart was born in
Stewart began his career as an official in the Royal Household during 1931. He worked for a short period with the Secretariat of the
On 26 July 1941 he married Mary Birkinshaw, later Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch; they had no children.[4] They were one of the few couples who both held titles in their own right.
Political career
Stewart had contested the
Stewart was Fabian Summer School director in 1952 and lecturer in 1954. He was Fabian New Year School lecturer in 1954–55 and publicist in 1956. He is listed as a member of the Fabian Society International Bureau Committee during 1957–58 and was mentioned in Fabian News November – December 1964 as a former member of the Fabian Executive Committee.[1]
Government 1964–70
When
Post-Government
A committed
Stewart was a supporter of a United Ireland, supporting a peaceful resolution to the partition of Ireland.[8]
Stewart was made a member of the
Brian Harrison recorded an oral history interview with Stewart, in March 1978, as part of the Suffrage Interviews project, titled Oral evidence on the suffragette and suffragist movements: the Brian Harrison interviews.[11] Stewart discusses his teaching career and his connection with the Association for Education in Citizenship.
He died at a hospital in London on 10 March 1990, at the age of 83.[1]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39862. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Oxford University Calendar 1932, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1932, p. 282.
- ISBN 0313299005.
- ^ Duncan Sutherland, 'Stewart , Mary Elizabeth Henderson, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch (1903–1984)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2005 accessed 1 April 2017
- Fulham Chronicle. No. 2993. 17 August 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 978-0-333-56081-5.
- ^ "By Nigeria correspondent Barnaby Philips". BBC News. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ^ "A United Ireland". RTÉ Archives.
- ^ "No. 44740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1969. p. 24.
- ^ "No. 47900". The London Gazette. 10 July 1979. p. 8714.
- ^ London School of Economics and Political Science. "The Suffrage Interviews". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
Bibliography
- The Forty Hour Week (Fabian Society), (1936)
- Bias and Education for Democracy (1937)
- The British Approach to Politics (1938)
- Policy and weapons in the nuclear age (1955)
- Modern Forms of Government (1959)
- An incomes policy for Labour (1963)
- Fabian Freeway Rose L. Martin (1966)
- Labour and the economy : a socialist strategy (1972)
- Life and Labour (1980) – his autobiography
- European Security: the case against unilateral nuclear disarmament (1981)
External links
Media related to Michael Stewart at Wikimedia Commons