Horace King

Dr Horace Maybray King

Rush ID: 8613

Details

Born:
25 May 1901
Died:
3 September 1986
Birth place:
UK
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
White
Ethnic minority:
No
Religion:
Unknown
Aristocratic connections:
false
Formative occupation:
School teacher
Election occupation:
School head teacher
Parentage:
John William King, of Grangetown-on-Tees
Notes:
None
Knighthood/Dame:
False
Highest Office:
Speaker/Deputy
Who's Who volume:
4
Education level:
Postgraduate

References

Rush ID:
8613
MNIS ID:
Not set
Wikidata Entity ID:
Q1627883
Parliament ID:
Not set
Beamish Person ID:
1365
They work for you ID:
Not set

Name changes

  1. KING, Dr Horace (1901-1986)

Peerages

  1. Baron Maybray-King

    Life

    1971

Constituencies

  1. Southampton Itchen

    Party: Speaker
    Year of election: 1965*
    Date of election: 26 October 1965
    Nature of election: Change of party
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1971*
    Date of exit: 11 January 1971
    Party: Speaker
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: Area
    Notes: None
  2. Southampton Itchen

    Party: Labour
    Year of election: 1955
    Date of election: 26 May 1955
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1965*
    Date of exit: 26 October 1965
    Party: Labour
    Nature of exit: Change of party
    Sponsorship: NUT
    Constituency connections: Area
    Notes: None
  3. Southampton Test

    Party: Labour
    Year of election: 1950
    Date of election: 23 February 1950
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1955
    Date of exit: 26 May 1955
    Party: Labour
    Nature of exit: Relocation
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: Area
    Notes: None

Unsuccessful candidate in

  1. New Forest and Christchurch

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1945
    Date of election: Thu 5th Jul 1945
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Labour
    Notes:

Ministerial offices

  1. Deputy Speaker 1964-1965

  2. Speaker 1965-1971

  3. Chairman of Ways and Means 1964-1965

Higher education

  1. King's College

    Degree BA, PhD

    Graduated

Schools

  1. Stockton Secondary School

Marriages

  1. Harris, Victoria Florence

    Year: 1924

  2. Porter, Una

    Year: 1967

Parties

  1. Labour Party Member

Political organisations

  1. Co-operative movement Member

Trade unions

  1. National Union of General and Municipal Workers Member

  2. National Union of Teachers Sponsored by

    1955-1963

Clubs

  1. Farmers' Club