Charles Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy
Charles James Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy, OBE (10 December 1906 – 5 September 1974) was a British Labour Party politician.
An insurance agent, Garnsworthy was elected a Labour member of the Surrey County Council in 1952, was Alderman between 1966 and 1974, and was leader of the Labour group in the Council.[1]
He contested the Reigate constituency as a Labour candidate at the 1945, 1950, 1951 1955, 1959, and 1964 general elections, each time unsuccessfully.
Galsworthy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1965 New Year Honours.[2]
On 19 September 1967, he was created a life peer, as Baron Garnsworthy, of Reigate in the County of Surrey.[3]
He was appointed a Lord in Waiting in March 1974, but died in September of the same year.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Lord Garnsworthy". The Times. 6 September 1974. p. 16.
- ^ "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1964. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 44411". The London Gazette. 19 September 1967. p. 10215.
- 1906 births
- 1974 deaths
- Members of Surrey County Council
- Labour Party (UK) councillors
- Labour Party (UK) life peers
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Labour Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting
- People educated at Wellington School, Somerset
- English justices of the peace
- Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey