Ian Percival

Sir Walter Ian Percival QC (11 May 1921 – 4 April 1998), known as Ian Percival, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Percival was educated at Latymer Upper School and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was commissioned from Sandhurst into The Buffs in 1941 and served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, attaining the rank of Major. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1948, and a part-time economics professor. He served as a councillor on Kensington Borough Council 1952-59. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1963.

He stood unsuccessfully in the Battersea North constituency at the 1951 general election and again at the 1955 election. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Southport at the 1959 general election, holding the seat until he retired at the 1987 election. He was Solicitor General from 1979 to 1983.

References

• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1951, 1966 & 1983
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh	Member of Parliament for Southport 1959–1987	Succeeded by Ronnie Fearn
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Peter Archer	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1979–1983	Succeeded by Sir Patrick Mayhew