| The Right Honourable The Viscount Ruffside PC, DL, JP |
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
| In office 1943–1951 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Hon. Edward FitzRoy |
| Succeeded by | William Morrison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1879 |
| Died | 5 May 1958 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Violet Arbuthnot (d. 1969) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside PC, DL, JP (16 August 1879 – 5 May 1958) was a British politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951.
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Brown was the son of Colonel James Clifton Brown, grandson of Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet. His mother was Amelia (née Rowe) while Howard Clifton Brown was his elder brother.[1] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hexham from 1918 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1951.[1][3] He was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1938 to 1943 and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951.[1] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1941[1][4] and raised to the peerage as Viscount Ruffside, of Hexham in the County of Northumberland, in 1951.[5]
Lord Ruffside married Violet Cicely Kathleen, daughter of Frederick Eustace Arbuthnot,[6] in 1907. There were no surviving male issue from the marriage. However, their daughter Audrey Clifton Brown married Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the House of Commons, and was created a life peeress as Baroness Hylton-Foster in honour of her husband in 1965. Lord Ruffside died in May 1958, aged 78, when the viscountcy became extinct. The Viscountess Ruffside died in November 1969, aged 87.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Durning Holt |
Member of Parliament for Hexham 1918–1923 |
Succeeded by Victor Finney |
| Preceded by Victor Finney |
Member of Parliament for Hexham 1924–1951 |
Succeeded by Rupert Speir |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Robert Croft Bourne |
Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 1938 – 1943 |
Succeeded by James Milner |
| Preceded by Sir Dennis Herbert |
Chairman of Ways and Means 1943 |
Succeeded by James Milner |
| Preceded by Hon. Edward FitzRoy |
Speaker of the House of Commons 1943 – 1951 |
Succeeded by William Morrison |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Viscount Ruffside 1951–1958 |
Extinct |
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