Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree
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| Succeeded by | Liam Fox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1924 Northwich, Cheshire, England[1] |
| Died | 1 April 2009 (aged 84) Banwell, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Arthur Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree,
PC (14 September 1924 – 1 April 2009) was a British politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1964 until 1992. He was a member of the Conservative Party
.
Early life and Second World War
Paul Dean was born in
Major General Allan Adair, in the Battle of Normandy where he was wounded. Shortly after the end of World War II in Europe Dean served in Germany with the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) as aide-de-camp (ADC) to the General Officer Commanding (GOC) I Corps, initially Lieutenant-General Sir John Crocker and then Lieutenant-General Sidney Kirkman before Lieutenant-General Ivor Thomas took over from September 1945. Dean retired from the army in 1949.[1]
Political career
In 1962 Dean was the Conservative candidate in
Joseph Harper
.
He was
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons firstly under George Thomas and then Bernard Weatherill. He was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours. When in the chair of the Commons on 21 June 1990, Dean was required to use his casting vote.[2]
House of Lords
On 12 October 1993 he was created a
County of Somerset.[3]
He served as Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords.
Personal life
Dean was married twice. His first wife, Doris, died in 1979. He married Peggy Dierden in 1980. They lived at Banwell near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.
References
- ^ a b c "British Army officer histories". Unit Histories. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Amendment Of Law Relating To Termination Of Pregnancy". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 21 June 1990. col. 1220–1221.
- ^ "No. 53452". The London Gazette. 11 October 1993. p. 16339.
External links
- British Army Officers 1939−1945
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1987
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Guardian obituary
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