Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon

The Right Honourable
The Lord Sheldon
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Sheldon PC
	Sheldon in Parliament, 2011
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 1 July 1981 – 1 July 1983
Leader	Michael Foot ; Neil Kinnock
Shadow Chancellor	Peter Shore
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 17 June 1975 – 4 May 1979
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Wilson, Callaghan
Chancellor	Healey
Preceded by	John Gilbert
Succeeded by	Nigel Lawson
Member of Parliament; for Ashton under Lyne
	In office; 15 October 1964 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Hervey Rhodes
Succeeded by	David Heyes
Personal details
Born	Isaac Ezra Shamash; 13 September 1923
Died	2 February 2020 (aged 96)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Mary Sheldon (first wife was Eileen Shamash, deceased)
Children	3
Occupation	Politician

Robert Edward Sheldon, Baron Sheldon, PC (born Isaac Ezra Shamash; 13 September 1923 – 2 February 2020)^[1] was a British Labour politician.

Early life

Sheldon came from a family of Jewish immigrants from Iraq. His father was Meir Jack Shamash and his mother was Betty Shamash. He changed his name by deed poll in 1943.^[2] He married his first cousin Eileen Shamash at the age of 21.^[3] Sheldon was educated at Burnley Grammar School, technical colleges and the University of London.^[4] He was a Manchester City Councillor and a director of a textile firm.

Political career

Sheldon first stood for Parliament at Manchester Withington in 1959. Subsequently, he was elected Member of Parliament for Ashton under Lyne at the 1964 general election, serving until the 2001 general election,^[5] at which he was replaced by David Heyes. He served on the Public Accounts Committee^[5] 1965–66, holding the chairmanship 1983–1997.

He was also Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1975–1979. During his tenure as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, he was made a Privy Counsellor in 1977. He was created a life peer as Baron Sheldon, of Ashton-under-Lyne in the County of Greater Manchester on 22 June 2001.^[6] He retired from the House of Lords on 18 May 2015.^[7]

References

^ Former Ashton MP Robert Sheldon Dies Aged 96
^ "No. 36197". The London Gazette. 5 October 1943. p. 4422.
^ "Robert Edward (Ezra) ("Bob") Sheldon (Living, Male) & Eileen Shamash". www.farhi.org. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^ The almanac of British politics p. 25 full text at Google books
^ ^a ^b "Contributors in full". BBC News Online. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
^ "No. 56257". The London Gazette. 27 June 2001. p. 7571.
^ "Retired members of the House of Lords".

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[1] Former Ashton MP Robert Sheldon Dies Aged 96

[2] "No. 36197". The London Gazette. 5 October 1943. p. 4422.

[3] "Robert Edward (Ezra) ("Bob") Sheldon (Living, Male) & Eileen Shamash". www.farhi.org. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

[4] The almanac of British politics p. 25 full text at Google books

[contributors-5] "Contributors in full". BBC News Online. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2010.

[6] "No. 56257". The London Gazette. 27 June 2001. p. 7571.

[7] "Retired members of the House of Lords".

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