James Hoy, Baron Hoy: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 10:02, 7 June 2019

James Hutchison Hoy, Baron Hoy PC (21 January 1909 – 7 August 1976) was a Scottish Labour politician and life peer.

Educated at Causewayside and Sciennes Public Schools, Edinburgh, he initially worked as an interior decorator. He was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Leith at the 1945 general election, holding the seat until 1970. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland from 1947–1950, and was joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1964-1970. He was appointed Vice-President of the Trustee Savings Bank Association in 1957.

He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1969. On 4 July 1970 following his retirement from the House of Commons, he was created a life peer as Baron Hoy, of Leith in the County of the City of Edinburgh.^[1]

References

^ "No. 45144". The London Gazette. 7 July 1970. p. 7484.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ernest Brown	Member of Parliament for Leith 1945 – 1950	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Leith 1950 – 1970	Succeeded by Ronald King Murray

This biography of a life peer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a Labour Party member of Parliament representing a Scottish constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "No. 45144". The London Gazette. 7 July 1970. p. 7484.

[1]

@@ Line 38: / Line 38: @@
 [[Category:UK MPs 1950–51]]
 [[Category:UK MPs 1951–1955]]
-[[Category:UK MPs 1955–59]]
+[[Category:UK MPs 1955–1959]]
 [[Category:UK MPs 1959–64]]
 [[Category:UK MPs 1964–66]]

Revision as of 10:02, 7 June 2019

See also

References