Francis Campbell Ross Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Barloch KCMG (21 October 1889–30 March 1980), was a British journalist, solicitor and Labour politician. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
Douglas was educated at Glasgow University and later became a partner in Douglas & Company, solicitors, and also worked as a journalist. The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews He was returned to Parliament for Battersea North in 1940, a seat he held until 1946, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education from 1940 to 1945 and to the Home Secretary from 1945 to 1946 (James Chuter Ede held both positions). Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. A Parliamentary Private Secretary ( PPS) is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP by a senior minister in government or shadow The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office James Chuter Ede Baron Chuter-Ede, CH, PC ( September 11, 1882 &ndash November 11, 1965) was a British Labour The latter year he resigned from the House of Commons on being appointed Governor of Malta, which he remained until 1949. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Governor-General of Malta was the representative in Malta of Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Malta between independence in 1964 until the Douglas was made a KCMG in 1947 and in 1950 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Douglas of Barloch, of Maxfield in the County of Sussex. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George He was also a member of the Public Works Loan Board from 1936 to 1946 and of the Railway Assessment Committee from 1938 to 1946 and served as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the London County Council from 1940 to 1946. The Public Works Loans Board ( PWLB) was established in 1793 to provide loans to public bodies from the National Loans Fund. London County Council (LCC was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889-1965 existence and the first London-wide general municipal After being raised to the peerage he was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords"
Lord Douglas of Barloch died in March 1980, aged 90. The title became extinct on his death.
References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Francis Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Barloch at Archives in London and the M25 area
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by William Stephen Saunders |
Member of Parliament for Battersea North 1940–1946 |
Succeeded by Douglas Jay |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber |
Governor of Malta 1946–1949 |
Succeeded by Sir Gerald Hallen Creasy |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Douglas of Barloch 1946–1980 |
Succeeded by Extinct |
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