Thomas Lascelles Isa Shandon Valiant Iremonger was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
Tom, son of Colonel Harold Iremonger and his wife Julia Quarry, was educated at King"s School,Canterbury and Oriel College, Oxford, where he gained a sailing blue, then worked as a district officer in the Colonial Administrative Service in the Western Pacific.
Career
He served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World World War II, seeing war service at sea. In 1942 he joined the New Zealand Navy and was commissioned the following year. He was an editor, author, journalist and Lloyd"s of London underwriter, and worked as a public relations officer and for Conservative Central Office.
A barrister, he was called to the Bar by Inner Temple.
He served as a councillor on Chelsea Borough Council 1953. Iremonger contested Birmingham Northfield in 1950.
In 1978 he stood in the by-election following Miller"s death as "Conservative Independent Democrat", coming fifth. She died in 1989. They had one daughter.
Tom Iremonger was a cousin of Anthony Eden.
Membership
40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament. 42nd United Kingdom Parliament.
43rd United Kingdom Parliament.
44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Ilford North at a 1954 by-election, and served until 1974 when he was defeated by Labour"s Millie Miller in the October election of that year.