Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside
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Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside (16 August 1879 – 5 May 1958) was a British politician, and later was created Viscount Ruffside.
The son of James Clifton Brown and Amelia Rowe, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was MP for Hexham from 1918 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1951. He was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1943 to 1951.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Durning Holt |
Member of Parliament for Hexham 1918–1923 |
Succeeded by Victor Harold Finney |
| Preceded by Victor Harold Finney |
Member of Parliament for Hexham 1924–1951 |
Succeeded by Rupert Speir |
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| Preceded by Edward FitzRoy |
Speaker of the House of Commons 1943 – 1951 |
Succeeded by William Morrison |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Viscount Ruffside 1951–1958 |
Succeeded by (extinct) |
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