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Captain '''Harold Richard Adams''' (8 October 1912 – 25 June 1978) |
Captain '''Harold Richard Adams''' (8 October 1912 – 25 June 1978) was a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician who served as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Balham and Tooting]] from 1945 to 1950, and [[Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Wandsworth Central]] from 1950 to 1955. |
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| name = Richard Adams |
| name = Richard Adams |
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| image = (Harold) Richard Adams.jpg |
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| caption = Adams in 1949. |
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| office = [[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] |
| office = [[Lords Commissioners of the Treasury|Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] |
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| primeminister = [[Clement Attlee]] |
| primeminister = [[Clement Attlee]] |
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| predecessor = |
| predecessor = |
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| successor = |
| successor = |
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament ( |
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Wandsworth Central]] |
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| term_start1 = 23 February 1950 |
| term_start1 = 23 February 1950 |
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| term_end1 = |
| term_end1 = 6 May 1955 |
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| predecessor1 = [[Ernest Bevin]] |
| predecessor1 = [[Ernest Bevin]] |
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| successor1 = [[Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens|Michael Hughes-Young]] |
| successor1 = [[Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens|Michael Hughes-Young]] |
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament ( |
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Balham and Tooting]] |
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| term_start2 = July 1945 |
| term_start2 = 5 July 1945 |
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| term_end2 = |
| term_end2 = 3 February 1950 |
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| predecessor2 = [[George Doland]] |
| predecessor2 = [[George Doland]] |
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| successor2 = ''Constituency abolished'' |
| successor2 = ''Constituency abolished'' |
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| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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| spouse = {{marriage|Joyce Love|1938|1955|end=divorced}} |
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* {{marriage|Joyce Love|1938|1955|end=divorced}} |
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* {{marriage|Peggy Fribbins|1956}} |
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}} |
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| alma_mater = [[University of London]] |
| alma_mater = [[University of London]] |
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*"ADAMS, (Harold) Richard." In ''Who Was Who 1897-2006''. |
*"ADAMS, (Harold) Richard." In ''Who Was Who 1897-2006''. |
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*Obituary in ''The Times'', 6 July 1978 |
*Obituary in ''The Times'', 6 July 1978 |
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* Stenton, M., Lees, S. (1981). ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'', volume iv (covering |
* Stenton, M., Lees, S. (1981). ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'', volume iv (covering 1945–1979). Sussex: The Harvester Press; New Jersey: Humanities Press. {{ISBN|0-391-01087-5}} |
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{{s-bef | before = [[George Doland|George Frederick Doland]]}} |
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Balham and Tooting]] |
| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Balham and Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)|Balham and Tooting]] |
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| years = [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] – [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]] |
| years = [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] – [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]] |
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Wandsworth Central]] |
| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Wandsworth Central]] |
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| years = [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]] – [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]] |
| years = [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]] – [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]] |
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| before = [[Ernest Bevin]] |
| before = [[Ernest Bevin]] |
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==External links== |
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{{commonscat| Richard Adams (British politician) |
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Latest revision as of 04:04, 7 February 2024
Captain Harold Richard Adams (8 October 1912 – 25 June 1978) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Balham and Tooting from 1945 to 1950, and Wandsworth Central from 1950 to 1955.
Richard Adams | |
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Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 1949–1951 | |
Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
Member of Parliament for Wandsworth Central | |
In office 23 February 1950 – 6 May 1955 | |
Preceded by | Ernest Bevin |
Succeeded by | Michael Hughes-Young |
Member of Parliament for Balham and Tooting | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950 | |
Preceded by | George Doland |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 October 1912 |
Died | 25 June 1978 | (aged 65)
Political party | Labour |
Spouses | Joyce Love
(m. 1938; div. 1955)Peggy Fribbins (m. 1956) |
Alma mater | University of London |
Early life and military career
[edit]Born on 8 October 1912, the son of A. Adams, he was educated at Emanuel School and studied at the University of London. He was a lecturer in Economics and Business Administration.[1] He married twice, firstly to Joyce Love in 1938, with whom he had two daughters; the marriage was dissolved in 1955, and he married secondly to Peggy Fribbins in 1956.[1]
He began his political career on Wandsworth borough council, where he was a member from 1938 to 1940,[1] but this was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. He joined the East Surrey Regiment in 1940, and saw service with the 25th Army Tank Brigade in North Africa and Italy, before ending the war serving on the staff in Land Forces Adriatic.
Political career and later life
[edit]Having fought Canterbury in 1935, he was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Balham and Tooting, part of his home district of Wandsworth, in the 1945 general election. He was an assistant whip from 1947, and became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1949, a post he held until 1951.
Balham and Tooting was dissolved for the 1950 general election, and Adams stood in the redrawn Wandsworth Central constituency, succeeding Ernest Bevin as its Member of Parliament. He was re-elected for the same seat in the 1951 general election, but chose to stand down in the 1955 election, being succeeded in the now-marginal seat by the Conservative Michael Hughes-Young.
Adams died on 25 June 1978.[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- "ADAMS, (Harold) Richard." In Who Was Who 1897-2006.
- Obituary in The Times, 6 July 1978
- Stenton, M., Lees, S. (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, volume iv (covering 1945–1979). Sussex: The Harvester Press; New Jersey: Humanities Press. ISBN 0-391-01087-5
External links
[edit]- 1912 births
- 1978 deaths
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- East Surrey Regiment officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- UK MPs 1945–1950
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- People educated at Emanuel School
- Members of Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council
- Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951