Patrick Thomas

April 2, 1901 (age 73)

Buchan-Hepburn was a personal secretary to Winston Churchill and a London County Councillor. In 1939, he was appointed a Parliamentary Whip for the Conservative Party and a Lord of the Treasury. During World World War II, he served in the military. Returning to politics in 1945, Buchan-Hepburn became Deputy Whip and then, in 1948, Chief Whip. He was elected Member of Parliament for the newly created Beckenham constituency in Kent after his East Toxteth constituency was abolished by boundary changes before the 1950 general election. From 1951 to 1955, he was Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury. In 1957, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hailes of Prestonkirk in the County of East Lothian. When, in 1958, the West Indies Federation was formed in response to complaints against British colonialism in the Caribbean, Lord Hailes was appointed the Federation"s first Governor-General and relocated to Portuguese of Spain on the island of Trinidad. Four years later, the new state was dissolved and he returned to England, where he served as Chairman of the Historic Buildings Council (a predecessor of English Heritage, formally known as the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England).

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Background

Buchan-Hepburn was the youngest son of Sir Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, 4th Baronet (see Buchan-Hepburn baronets) and his wife Edith Agnes (née Karslake).

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He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Buchan-Hepburn was a personal secretary to Winston Churchill and a London County Councillor. In 1939, he was appointed a Parliamentary Whip for the Conservative Party and a Lord of the Treasury. During World World War II, he served in the military.

Returning to politics in 1945, Buchan-Hepburn became Deputy Whip and then, in 1948, Chief Whip.

He was elected Member of Parliament for the newly created Beckenham constituency in Kent after his East Toxteth constituency was abolished by boundary changes before the 1950 general election. From 1951 to 1955, he was Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury.

In 1957, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hailes of Prestonkirk in the County of East Lothian. When, in 1958, the West Indies Federation was formed in response to complaints against British colonialism in the Caribbean, Lord Hailes was appointed the Federation"s first Governor-General and relocated to Portuguese of Spain on the island of Trinidad.

Four years later, the new state was dissolved and he returned to England, where he served as Chairman of the Historic Buildings Council (a predecessor of English Heritage, formally known as the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England).

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Lord Hailes was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in September 1957.

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36th United Kingdom Parliament. 37th United Kingdom Parliament. 38th United Kingdom Parliament.

39th United Kingdom Parliament.

40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament]

Having stood unsuccessfully for election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) in Wolverhampton East at the 1929 general election, he became Member of Parliament for the East Toxteth division of Liverpool following a by-election in February 1931.

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