Daniel Awdry
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Daniel Edmund Awdry, TD, DL (10 September 1924 – 11 October 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Awdry was educated at Winchester College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served with the 10th Hussars in Italy 1944–45 and with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1947–62. He became a solicitor and a Chippenham councillor, serving as Mayor 1958–59. He was President of the Southern Boroughs Association 1959–60.
Awdry was Member of Parliament for Chippenham from a 1962 by-election until 1979, when he stood down—having seen off strong challenges from Liberal candidates in the seat (his majority in October 1974 was 1,749 (3.3%)). His successor was Richard Needham.
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Chippenham 1962–1979 |
Succeeded by Richard Needham |
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Daniel Awdry
- Obituary at Telegraph.co.uk
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template without an unnamed parameter
- 1924 births
- 2008 deaths
- 10th Royal Hussars officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Councillors in South West England
- Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
- English solicitors
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People educated at Winchester College
- UK MPs 1959–64
- UK MPs 1964–66
- UK MPs 1966–70
- UK MPs 1970–74
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–79
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst