Alexander Spearman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman (2 March 1901 - 5 April 1982) was a British parliamentarian.

His father, who was a Commander in the Royal Navy and commanded a batallion of a Royal Naval Brigade in the First World War, was killed in action in the Dardanelles Campaign.

Alexander was educated at Repton and Hertford College, Oxford, where he was in receipt of a scholarship for descendants of Sir Francis Baring. After Oxford, he became a stockbroker, and in 1941 he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative in a by-election for the seat of Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency). He had earlier failed to be elected at Gorton and Mansfield. He held his seat in every election until 1966 when he retired.

In 1951 to 1952 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade. In 1956 he was knighted. A former governor of the London School of Economics, he spoke frequently in the House of Commons on financial and economic issues.

He was married twice and had five children.

[edit] References

The Times, Obituary, 6 April 1982

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Paul Latham	Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby 1941–1966	Succeeded by Michael Shaw