Background
Redmayne was the second son of civil engineer and farmer, Leonard Redmayne and his wife Mildred and was educated at Radley College.
Redmayne was the second son of civil engineer and farmer, Leonard Redmayne and his wife Mildred and was educated at Radley College.
Radley College.
He served in World World War II, commanding the 14th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in Italy in 1943 and the 66th Infantry Brigade from 1944-1945. He was awarded the Defence Science Organisation in February 1945, Mentioned in Despatches on 11 January 1945 and made an Honorary Brigadier in 1945. In 1950, Redmayne entered the Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe.
He was a Government Whip a year later, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1953-1959, Deputy Chief Whip from 1955-1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip from 1959-1964.
Admitted to the Privy Council in 1959, he was made a baronet on 29 December 1964 and upon his leaving the Commons, was created a life peer as Baron Redmayne, of Rushcliffe in the County of Nottinghamshire on 10 June 1966.
39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament.
43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
