George Darling

Mr George Darling

Rush ID: 8541

Details

Born:
c. 1 January 1905
Died:
18 October 1985
Birth place:
UK
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
White
Ethnic minority:
No
Religion:
Unknown
Aristocratic connections:
false
Formative occupation:
Railway worker
Election occupation:
Writer / Journalist
Parentage:
F.W. Darling
Notes:
None
Knighthood/Dame:
False
Highest Office:
Minister of State
Who's Who volume:
4
Education level:
Elementary/Secondary Plus

References

Rush ID:
8541
MNIS ID:
Not set
Wikidata Entity ID:
Q5538381
Parliament ID:
Not set
Beamish Person ID:
1425
They work for you ID:
Not set

Name changes

  1. DARLING, George (1905-1985)

Peerages

  1. Baron Darling of Hillsborough

    Life

    1974

Constituencies

  1. Sheffield Hillsborough

    Party: Lab. & Co-op.
    Year of election: 1950
    Date of election: 23 February 1950
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1974ยน
    Date of exit: 28 February 1974
    Party: Lab. & Co-op.
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: None known
    Notes: None

Unsuccessful candidate in

  1. Macclesfield

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1935
    Date of election: Thu 14th Nov 1935
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Lab. & Co-op.
    Notes:

Ministerial offices

  1. PPS 1951

    to George Strauss, as Minister of Supply

  2. Minister of State 1964-1968

    Board of Trade

  3. Opposition/other party Whip 1959-1960

Higher education

  1. Liverpool, University of

    Did not graduate

    part-time course

  2. Unknown (Cambridge)

    Did not graduate

    part-time course

Schools

  1. Unknown (Elementary)

Marriages

  1. Hodge, Dorothy

    Year: 1932

Parties

  1. Labour and Co-operative Member

  2. Co-operative Party Member

Political organisations

  1. Co-operative movement Member

Trade unions

  1. National Union of Journalists Member