Peter Bennett, 1st Baron Bennett of Edgbaston
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Born | Birmingham, England | 16 April 1880
Died | 27 September 1957 | (aged 77)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Agnes Palmer (m. 1907) |
Peter Frederick Blaker Bennett, 1st Baron Bennett of Edgbaston,
Background and education
Bennett was the son of Frederick C. Bennett and Annie (née Blaker), and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and the University of Birmingham.[1]
Business career
Bennett was chairman and managing director of
Political career
Bennett was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston at an unopposed by-election in December 1940 following the death of the sitting MP, former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He held the seat in the general elections of 1945, 1950 and 1951.[2][3] He served under Winston Churchill as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and National Service between 1951 and 1952. On 1 July 1953 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Bennett of Edgbaston, of Sutton Coldfield in the County of Warwick.[4]
Personal life
Lord Bennett of Edgbaston married Agnes, daughter of Joseph Palmer, in 1907. The union was childless. Lord Bennett died in 1957, aged 77, when the title became extinct. His widow, Agnes, Lady Bennett of Edgbaston, died in 1969. They lived at Ardencote, Luttrell Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Page 13922". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Ealing to Elgin[usurped]
- ^ "No. 39904". The London Gazette. 3 July 1953. p. 3677.