Godman Irvine

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Sir Bryant Godman Irvine (25 July 1909 – 3 May 1992) was a Canadian-born British Conservative politician.

Irvine was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was secretary of the Oxford Union. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1932, and was a farmer.

Irvine contested Wood Green in 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Rye from 1955 to 1983. He was secretary of the 1922 Committee 1965-66 and in 1976 he became a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons under George Thomas.

[edit] References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 and 1979
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Nicolson Cuthbert	Member of Parliament for Rye 1955–1983	Succeeded by constituency abolished (after: Hastings and Rye)