Background
WALSTON, Henry David Leonard George Walston was born on June 16, 1912 in Cambridge. Son of Sir Charles Walston and Florence Einstein.
WALSTON, Henry David Leonard George Walston was born on June 16, 1912 in Cambridge. Son of Sir Charles Walston and Florence Einstein.
Eton and King"s College, Cambridge.
Director of Agriculture British Zone of Germany 1946-1947. Agricultural Adviser for Germany to Foreign Office 1947-1948. Counsellor of Duchy of Lancaster 54.
Trustee Rural Industries Bureau.
Deputy Chairman Council of Royal Commonwealth Society April 1963-1964. Parliament. Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1964-1967.
Special Ambassador of British Government, at Presidential Inaugurations in Mexico 1964, Colombia 1966, Liberia 1967. Parliament. Secretary, Board of Trade JanAug.
1967; Crown Estate Commander 1967-1975.
Chairman Institute of Race Relations 71. Chairman East. Anglia Regional Economics Planning Council 1970-1979, Great Britain/East Europe Centre 1974-1986, Centre of East Anglian Studies, University of East Anglia 1975-1979, Harwich Harbour Conservancy Board 1976-1979. Delegate to Council of Europe 1971-1974.
Deputy Chairman 1981-1983.
Social Democratic Party Chief Whip, House of Lords 1988-1989. Vice-President Voluntary Service Overseas since 1982.
Honorary Doctorate.C.L.
Huntingdonshire War Agricultural Committee 1939-1945, Cambridgeshire. Agricultural Committee 1948-1950. Home Office Committee on Experiments on Living Animals 1963-1964.
European Parliament.
1975-1976, Commonwealth Development Corporation 1975-1983, Deputy.
Married 1st Catherine Macdonald in 1935 (died in 1978). Married 2nd Elizabeth Scott in 1979.