Lionel Heald
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Sir Lionel Frederick Heald, QC, PC, (1897 – November 8, 1981) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.
At the 1950 general election, Heald was elected as Member of Parliament for the Chertsey constituency in Surrey. He held the seat until his retirement at the 1970 general election.
Heald introduced the Common Informers Act 1951 as a Private Member's Bill.[1]
Heald served as Attorney General in Winston Churchill's cabinet from 1951 to 1954, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1954.
He married Daphne Constance Price (daughter of Montagu W Price, Chairman of the London Stock Exchange). They lived at Chilworth Manor, Surrey.
[edit] References
- ^ Edwards, J. Ll. J. (1951). "Common Informers Act, 1951". Modern Law Review 14(4): 462–465, at 462.
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| Preceded by Arthur Marsden |
Member of Parliament for Chertsey 1950–1970 |
Succeeded by Michael Grylls |
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| Preceded by Sir Frank Soskice |
Attorney General for England and Wales 1951–1954 |
Succeeded by Reginald Manningham-Buller |
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