Monday, 30 July 2018
1982 Edward Grigg
Constituency : Oldham 1922-25, Altrincham 1933-45 ( Conservative )
Edward took over from William Barton for the Lloyd George Liberals at Oldham. He topped the poll despite two Asquithians being in the field.
Edward was the son of a civil servant in India. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He became a journalist for The Times. He later moved to co-edit the Round Table Journal. He joined up in 1914 and distinguished himself in the war, winning the DSO and Military Cross and rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served as military secretary to Prince Edward on his world tour of 1919-20. He then became Lloyd George's private secretary.
In 1925 Edward resigned his seat to become governor of Kenya. He was a reforming governor but didn't believe the native population was ready for government. In 1930 he returned to England , declining Indian governorships due to his wife's poor health. In 1931 he joined the Liberal Nationals but soon moved over to the Conservatives and returned to the Commons in a by-election at Altrincham in 1933. Although Edward recognised the threat from Germany and urged strong defence in two books, he did not publicly challenge the appeasement policy. He held a number of junior posts in Churchill's government.
Edward stood down in 1945 and became Baron Altrincham. In 1948 he became editor of the National Review. He resigned for health reasons in 1954.
He died in 1955 aged 76.
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