Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale

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Frederick James Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale (27 May 1914–14 September 2000) was a British Conservative politician.

The son of George Murison Bergmans (family changed their surname to Erroll during WWI) and Kathleen Donovan Edington. George was an engineer and Kathleen was the daughter of a Glasgow Ironmaster.

Frederick Erroll was educated at Oundle School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, Erroll was an engineer at Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Manchester, 1936-38. He was commissioned into 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Territorial Army in 1939, and held technical appointments in connection with tank construction and testing (advising SEAC, 1940-43) and served in India and Burma, 1944-45. He left the forces in 1945 with the rank of Colonel.

He was elected as Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale in 1945, holding the seat until 1964. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, 1955-56; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, 1956-58; Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 1958-59; Minister of State for Trade, 1959-61; President of the Board of Trade, 1961-63; and Minister of Power, 1963-64.

In 1964 Erroll was raised to the peerage as Baron Erroll of Hale, of Kilmun in Argyll and, in 1999, was awarded the Life Peerage of Baron Erroll of Kilmun, of Kilmun in Argyll and Bute to allow him to attend the House of Lords following the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 that excluded hereditary peers.

He was a Member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, 1985-91. He held a large number of business appointments.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale 1945–1964	Succeeded by Anthony Barber
Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply 1955–1956	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Derek Walker-Smith	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1956–1958	Succeeded by John Rodgers
Vacant	Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1958–1959	Succeeded by Anthony Barber
Preceded by Unknown	Minister of State for Trade 1959–1961	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Reginald Maudling	President of the Board of Trade 1961-10-09 – 1963-10-20	Succeeded by Edward Heath
Preceded by Unknown	Minister of Power 1963–1964	Succeeded by Unknown
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Erroll of Hale 1964-12-19 – 2000-09-14	Extinct