Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott

Hendrie Dudley Oakshott, Baron Oakshott, of Bebbington in the County Palatine of Cheshire, 1st Baronet Oakshott, of Bebington in the County Palatine of Chester MBE (* November 8, 1904; † February 1, 1975 ) was a politician of the Conservative Party, the fourteen years a Member of the House of Commons was and 1964 was as a life peer, due to the Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords.

Life

Oakshott made ​​during the Second World War military service and was recently promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed member of the Order of the British Empire. In the general election on February 23, 1950 Oakshott was first elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party for Members in the House of Commons and represented in this up to his mandate resignation on August 31, 1964 the constituency Bebington.

After the electoral victory of the Tories in the general election of 25 October 1951, he was established in 1951 initially appointed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the Parliamentary Private Secretary, before he then 1951-1952 Deputy Parliamentary Secretary ( Assistant Whip ) the faction of his party in the House.

Then Oakshott was appointed on 28 May 1952 Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, and held this office in the Treasury until April 1955. Afterwards, he was between June 1955 and 1957 as the successor of Tam Galbraith Comptroller of the Royal Household, and thus upon the Lord Steward of the Household and the Treasurer of the Royal Household third highest dignitaries in the royal court. On January 19, 1957, he was followed by Tam Galbraith as Treasurer of the Royal Household, and so was 1959 's closest collaborator of Lord Steward Douglas Douglas - Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton by 16 January.

Following was Oakshott who on July 10, 1959 1st Baronet Oakshott, of Bebington in the County Palatine was of Chester, 1959-1960, and again from 1960 to 1962 Parliamentary Private Secretary.

After retiring from the House of Oakshott was elevated to the peerage by letters patent of 21 August 1964 as a life peer with the title Baron Oakshott, of Bebbington in the County Palatine of Cheshire due to the Life peerages Act and as such was up to his death of a member of the House of Lords. While after his death, this life peerage became extinct, was his eldest son Arthur Hendrie Oakshott heir to the title as a baronet Oakshott.