Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood

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Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood (24 February 1910 – 24 January 1982) was a British Labour Party politician.

Julian Snow
Baron Burntwood
Under-Secretary of State for Social Services
In office
1 November 1968 – 13 October 1969
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byJohn Dunwoody
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
In office
7 January 1967 – 1 November 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byCharles Loughlin
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation
In office
6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byJohn Stonehouse
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Secretary for Technology
In office
19 October 1964 – 6 April 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byPeter Shore
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
10 August 1945 – 9 December 1946
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byArthur Young
Succeeded byMichael Stewart
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
21 September 1970 – 24 January 1982
Member of Parliament
for Lichfield and Tamworth
In office
23 February 1950 – 18 June 1970
Preceded byCecil Poole
Succeeded byJack d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
Member of Parliament
for Portsmouth Central
In office
5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950
Preceded byRalph Beaumont
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Julian Ward Snow

(1910-02-24)24 February 1910
Died24 January 1982(1982-01-24) (aged 71)
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1948)
Children1

Political career

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He was a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Central from 1945. When that constituency was abolished he represented Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid. After his retirement he was created a life peer on 21 September 1970 as Baron Burntwood, of Burntwood in the County of Stafford.[1]

During his time as an MP, Snow also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health.

He never made a speech from the backbenches, although he did speak in his role as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.[2]

Personal life

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Lord Burntwood was employed by Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd in India and East Africa in 1930–1937. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1939 and served till the end of World War II. He married the artist Flavia Blois, daughter of Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois, 9th Bt., and Winifred Grace Hegan Kennard, on 20 August 1948. They had one daughter; she died in 1980.[3]

Lord Burntwood was a founding member and the first chairman of the Institution of Environmental Sciences, which holds the annual Burntwood Lecture in his memory.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 45198". The London Gazette. 24 September 1970. p. 10449.
  2. ^ House of Commons Library. "Maiden Speeches in the House of Commons since 1918". UK Parliament. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Blois, Flavia Ria Joan". Suffolk Artists.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Portsmouth Central
19451950
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth
19501970
Succeeded by