Background
ALPORT, Ist was born on March 22, 1912 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Professor A. C. Alport, F.R.C.P and Janet McCall.
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Ist Baron ALPORT
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Hailey bury, Cambridge University.
Career
President Cambridge Union Society 1935. Tutor Ashridge College 1935-1937. Called to Bar; War Service 1939-1945.
Director Conservative Political Centre 1945-1950.
Conservative Member of Parliament for Colchester 1950-1961. Chairman Joint East and Central African Board 1953-1955.
Assistant Postmaster-General 1955-1957. Parliament. Under-Secretary of State, Commonwealth Relations Office 1957-1959, Minister of State 1959-1961.
High Commissioner to Federation Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1961-1963.
United Kingdom Delegate to Council of Europe, Strasbourg 1964-1965. Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Rhodesia 1967. Deputy Speaker, House of Lords 1971-1982, since 1983.
Adviser to Home Secretary 1973-1982.
Pro-Chancellor, City University 1972-1979. High Steward of Colchester since 1967.
Patron, Mercury Theatre, Colchester. Master Skinners Company 1969-1970, 1982-1983.
Deputy Lieutenant, of County of Essex 1974.
President Minories Art Gallery, Colchester 1977-1988. Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (City University) 1979.
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Married Rachel Cecilia Bingham in 1945 (died in 1983).
