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The Right Honourable
The Lord Aylestone
CH CBE PC
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
In office
1 August 1966 – 29 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byGeorge Thomson
Lord President of the Council
In office
16 October 1964 – 11 August 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byQuintin Hogg
Succeeded byRichard Crossman
Leader of the House of Commons
In office
16 October 1964 – 11 August 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded bySelwyn Lloyd
Succeeded byRichard Crossman
Member of Parliament
for Leicester South West
Leicester South (1945–1950)
In office
5 July 1945 – 2 November 1967
Preceded byCharles Waterhouse
Succeeded byTom Boardman
Personal details
Born20 January 1905
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Died30 April 1994(1994-04-30) (aged 89)
Political partyLabour
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, 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. He was elected at the 1945 general election for South Leicester, taking South-West Leicester at the 1950 election. He was appointed a whip in 1949 and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1950. From 1951, he was Deputy Chief Whip, then Chief Whip through Labour's years in opposition. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1953 Coronation Honours.[1]

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 20 September 1967, he was created a life peer as Baron Aylestone, of Aylestone in the City of Leicester[2] and became chairman of the Independent Television Authority. He was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 1975 Birthday Honours.[3] He joined the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s.

Lord Aylestone died in Worthing aged 89.

References

  1. ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 1 June 1953.
  2. ^ "No. 44412". The London Gazette. 21 September 1967.
  3. ^ "No. 46593". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 14 June 1975.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leicester South
1945–1950 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Leicester South West
1950–1967 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lord President of the Council
1964–1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the House of Commons
1964–1966
Preceded byas Secretary of State for the Colonies Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
1966–1967 		Succeeded by
Preceded byas Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
Media offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Independent Television Authority
1967–1972 		ITA became the IBA
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