Background
Born on 8 October 1912, the son of A. Adams, he was educated at Emanuel School and studied at the University of London.
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Career
He was a lecturer in Economics and Business Administration. He began his political career on Wandsworth borough council, where he was a member from 1938-1940, but this was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. He joined the East Surrey Regiment in 1940, and saw service with the 25th Army Tank Brigade in North Africa and Italy, before ending the war serving on the staff in Land Forces Adriatic.
He was an assistant whip from 1947, and became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1949, a post he held until 1951.
He was re-elected for the same seat in the 1951 general election, but chose to stand down in the 1955 election, being succeeded in the now-marginal seat by the Conservative Michael Hughes-Young. Adams died on 25 June 1978.
Bibliography
"ADAMS, (Harold) Richard." In Who Was Who 1897-2006. Obituary in The Times, 6 July 1978
Stenton, M., Lees, South. (1981).
Sussex: The Harvester Press.
New Jersey: Humanities Press.
Membership
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as the Labour member of parliament for Balham and Tooting, part of his home district of Wandsworth, in the 1945 general election.
Balham and Tooting was dissolved for the 1950 general election, and Adams stood in the redrawn Wandsworth Central constituency, succeeding Ernest Bevin as its Member of Parliament.
Who"s Who of British Members of Parliament, volume iv (covering 1945-1979).
