Background
TRANMIRE, Robert Hugh Turton was born on August 8, 1903. Parents: the late Maj. R.B. Turton.
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Robert Hugh Turton TRANMIRE
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Eton; Balliol College, Oxford.
Career
Member of Parliament (Cons), Thirsk and Malton division. May 1929-1974; joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensionsand National Insurance, 1951-1954. Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign Affairs, 1954-1955.
Minister of Health, December 1955-Jan. 1957; DL, Yorks., North Riding. 1962; Chairman, Select Committee on Procedure, House of Commons, 197074.
Member. House of Lords, since 1974. Justice of the Peace, Yorks, NR. Barr.-at-law. Inner Temple, April 1926.
Served overseas, 1940-1943. Chairman, Commonwealth Industries Association, 1963-1974.
Connections
Spouse Ruby Christian Scott, 1928. Children: three son, one d.
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Political Party
Conservative Party