Background
NORTHFIELD, Chapman was born on November 25, 1928. Parents: the late W.H. Chapman.
NORTHFIELD, Chapman was born on November 25, 1928. Parents: the late W.H. Chapman.
Barnsley Grammar School, Emmanuel College, Camb. (MA Honours Economics).
Formerly Honorary Secretary, Camb. Trades Council and Labour Party. Camb. City Councillor, 1945-1947.
Gen.-Sec., Fabian Society, 1949-1953. Member of Parliament (Labour Party), Birmingham Northfield, 1951-1970. Chairman, Her Majesty Development Cmnrs., 1974-1980.
Member, House of Lords, 1976. Chairman, Northfield Committee of Enquiry into Ownership and Occupancy of Agriculture land, 1977-1979. Special adviser to European Economic Community Commission on Environmental Policy, 1981-1988.
Company Director; G. Gibbon Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1971-1973. Chairman, Telford Development Corporation, 1975-1987. Director, Wembley Stadium pic, 1985-1988.
Chairman, Consortium Devs. Ltd., since 1986.
