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Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh
British Conservative politician (1889–1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Florence Gertrude Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh GBE PC (13 October 1889 – 6 December 1969) was a Scottish Unionist Party and Conservative Party politician. The historian Kenneth Baxter has argued "in her day... [she] was arguably the best known woman MP in the UK".[1] and that she was "arguably the most successful female Conservative parliamentarian until Margaret Thatcher".[2]
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Quick Facts Minister of Education, Prime Minister ...
The Baroness Horsbrugh | |
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![]() Horsbrugh in April 1945. | |
Minister of Education | |
In office 2 November 1951 – 18 October 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | George Tomlinson |
Succeeded by | David Eccles |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food | |
In office 23 May 1945 – 13 July 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | William Mabane |
Succeeded by | Edith Summerskill |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | |
In office 14 July 1939 – 26 May 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain Sir Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | Robert Bernays |
Succeeded by | Hamilton Kerr |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 16 December 1959 – 6 December 1969 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Manchester Moss Side | |
In office 23 February 1950 – 18 September 1959 | |
Preceded by | William Griffiths |
Succeeded by | James Watts |
Member of Parliament for Dundee | |
In office 27 October 1931 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Michael Marcus Edwin Scrymgeour |
Succeeded by | Thomas Cook John Strachey |
Personal details | |
Born | (1889-10-13)13 October 1889 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 6 December 1969(1969-12-06) (aged 80) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Political party | Conservative |
Occupation | Politician |
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