Douglas Glover (politician)

Colonel Sir Douglas Glover, TD (13 February 1908^[1] – 15 January 1982^[1][2]) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament for Ormskirk, in Lancashire, from 1953 until 1970,^[2][3] and was a colonel in the Army during World War II. Sometime Chairman of the Conservative Party and of the British Anti-Slavery Society.

Colonel Douglas Glover TD
Member of Parliament for Ormskirk
In office 12 November 1953 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	Arthur Salter
Succeeded by	Harold Soref
Personal details
Born	(1908-02-13)February 13, 1908 London, England
Died	15 January 1982(1982-01-15) (aged 73)
Political party	Conservative

Biography

Glover was educated at Giggleswick School,^[4] where he was later became a governor,^[4] and where the "Sir Douglas Glover Memorial Lecture" is held periodically in his memory.^[4]

On leaving school in 1925 he entered the family textile business, S.B. Glover & Co. Ltd.,^[4] eventually becoming managing director.^[4] He also served for many years on the council of the Wholesale Textile Association of Great Britain.^[4]

In 1934, Glover married first wife Agnes May Brown; she died in 1976.^[3] Later that year, he married Margaret Eleanor Hurlimann.^[3]

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Glover was a subaltern in the 7th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, TA;^[3][4] in 1945, he was appointed to the command of the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment in North-West Europe;^[3][4] and, from 1947-50, he commanded the 9th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, TA.^[3][4] For his services in the Netherlands, he was made Knight Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1947.^[4]

After the war, Glover returned to the family business, whilst also contesting the parliamentary seats of Blackburn in 1945,^[3][4] and Stalybridge and Hyde in both 1950^[3] and 1951^[3][4] before being elected as the member for Ormskirk in a 1953 by-election,^[1][4] which he represented until 1970.^[4] Glover was knighted in 1960.^[1][3][4][5]

In later life, he moved to Switzerland where Baroness Thatcher, a close friend, would often spend her summer holidays visiting Sir Douglas and his wife.^[4][6] Glover died of cancer in Switzerland in January 1982.^[6] He was 73.^[3] Thatcher attended his Swiss funeral service^[6] and the Duke of Edinburgh was represented at this London memorial service.^[7]