Airey Neave
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Airey Neave DSO OBE MC TD |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 4 March 1974 – 30 March 1979 |
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| Leader |
Edward Heath Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | Alec Jones |
| Member of Parliament for Abingdon |
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In office 30 June 1953 – 30 March 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Ralph Glyn |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Benyon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave 23 January 1916 Knightsbridge, London |
| Died | 30 March 1979 (aged 63) Westminster Hospital, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Neave |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Profession |
Soldier, Barrister |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Awards |
DSO OBE MC TD |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Territorial Army, British Army |
| Years of service | 1935–1951 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-colonel |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
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Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, DSO, OBE, MC, TD, MP (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British army officer, barrister and politician.
During World War II, Neave was the first British officer successfully to escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle. He later became Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Abingdon.
Neave was assassinated in 1979 in a car-bomb attack at the House of Commons. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility.
Neave was the son of Sheffield Airey Neave CMG, OBE (1879–1961), a well-known entomologist, and his wife Dorothy (d. 1943), the daughter of Arthur Thomson Middleton. His father was the grandson of Sheffield Neave, the third son of Sir Thomas Neave, 2nd Baronet (see Neave Baronets). Neave spent his early years in Knightsbridge in London, before he moved to Beaconsfield. Neave was sent to St. Ronan's School, Worthing, and from there, in 1929, he went to Eton College. He went on to study jurisprudence at Merton College, Oxford.
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