Background
UNDERHILL, Henry Reginall Underhill was born on May 8, 1914. Parents: the late Henry James Underhill.
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Henry Reginall Underhill UNDERHILL
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Norlington Road Elementary and Tom Hood Central School, Leyton, London.
Career
Jnr. clerk. Labour Party Head Office 1933-1939. Vice-Chairman, Leyton West Constituency Labour Party, 1933-1934, Honorary Sec./Agent, 1936-1948. Assistant, to Morgan Phillips, General Secretary Labour Party, 1945.
Administrative assistant, to National Agent, 1945-1947. Propaganda officer, 1947-1948. Regional organiser. West Midlands.
1948-1960; Assistant National Agent, 1960-1972. National Agent, 1972 to retirement, July 1979. Member, Home Office Electoral Advisory Committee, 1970-1979.
Member, Houghton Committee on Financial Aid to Political Parties, 1975-1976. Member. House of Lords, since 1980. Member, Parliamentary delegate to Zimbabwe, 1980.
An adviser to Home Secretary, 1980-1984. Member, Kilbrandon Independent Enquiry on New Ireland Forum, 1984. Member, Inter-Party Union to USSR, 1986.
Deputy Leader of the Opp. in the House of Lords, 1982-1989. Spokesman on transport and electoral matters, since 1980. Jnr. Clerk, Lloyds Insurance Brokers, 1928-1933.
Honorary Joint General Secretary, British Workers Sports Association, 1934-1936. Pres Association, of Metropolitan Authorities, since 1982. President, International Cultural Exchange, 1988.
Religion
C of E
Membership
Clubs: Association, of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, since 1931, awarded Life Membership and Gold Badge. National Union of Labour Organisers, 1945- now Honorary Member. Fire Brigades’ Union, 1939-1945, Branch Secretary and Chairman, District, Divisional and Area Cttees.
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Connections
Spouse Flora Janet Philbrick, 1937. Children: two son, one d.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Labour Party