Horace King

Dr Horace Maybray King

Rush ID: 8613

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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:
2397
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 connection: Area
    Notes: Exit resulted in by election. Elected as a result of a by election.

  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: National Union of Teachers
    Constituency connection: Area
    Notes: Exit resulted in by election.

  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: Dissolution
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connection: 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

    Attended 1922

    Degree BA English

    Graduated

  2. King's College

    Attended 1940

    Degree PhD

    Graduated

Schools

  1. Stockton Secondary School

Marriages

  1. Harris, Victoria Florence

    Year: 1924

  2. Porter, Una

    Year: 1967

Parties

  1. Labour Member

Political organisations

  1. Co-operative Movement Member

Trade unions

  1. National Union of Teachers Member

  2. National Union of General and Municipal Workers Member

Clubs

  1. Farmers' Club