Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone
The Lord Aylestone | |
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| Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 1 August 1966 – 29 August 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Arthur Bottomley (Commonwealth Relations) |
| Succeeded by | George Thomson |
| Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 16 October 1964 – 11 August 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Selwyn Lloyd (Leader of Commons) Quintin Hogg (President of Council) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Crossman |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 3 November 1967 – 30 April 1994 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Leicester South West Leicester South (1945–1950) | |
| In office 5 July 1945 – 2 November 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Waterhouse |
| Succeeded by | Tom Boardman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1905 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Died | 30 April 1994 (aged 89) |
| Political party | Labour Social Democratic Party |
Herbert William Bowden, Baron Aylestone, CH, CBE, PC (20 January 1905 – 30 April 1994) was a British Labour politician.
Born in Cardiff, Wales,[1] Bowden was a councillor on Leicester City Council (1938–45) and president of Leicester Labour Party in 1938. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Bowden was elected at the 1945 general election for Leicester South, and then for Leicester South West at the 1950 election. He was appointed a whip in 1949 and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1950. From 1951 onwards, he was Deputy Chief Whip, then Chief Whip throughout Labour's years in opposition. Bowden was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[2]
When Labour returned to power in 1964, Bowden was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, having become a Privy Counsellor in 1962. In 1966, he was moved to the new post of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, serving until 1967. On 1 September 1967 he succeeded Lord Hill as chairman of the Independent Television Authority.[3]
On 20 September 1967, Bowden was created a life peer as Baron Aylestone, of Aylestone in the City of Leicester.[4] He was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 1975 Birthday Honours,[5] and joined the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s.
Lord Aylestone died in 1994, aged 89, in Worthing, Sussex.[1]
References
- ^ a b David Lewis Jones (1 June 2011). "Bowden, Herbert William, Baron Aylestone (1905-1994), politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1953. p. 2954.
- ^ "Lord Hill's successor Herbert Bowden new Chairman of ITA". The Stage and Television Today. No. 445. 31 August 1967. p. 9. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "No. 44412". The London Gazette. 21 September 1967. p. 10287.
- ^ "No. 46593". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7390.
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