Dick Mitchison
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The Lord Mitchison CBE QC |
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| Member of Parliament for Kettering | |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 15 October 1964 |
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| Preceded by | John Profumo |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey de Freitas |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gilbert Richard Mitchison 23 March 1894 Staines, Middlesex |
| Died | 14 February 1970 (aged 75) Westminster, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Naomi Haldane (m. 1916) |
| Children | Geoffrey, Denis, Murdoch, Avrion, Lois, and Valentine |
| Alma mater |
Eton College New College, Oxford |
| Nickname(s) | Dick |
Gilbert Richard Mitchison, Baron Mitchison, CBE, QC (23 March 1894 – 14 February 1970) was a British Labour politician.
Born in Staines, Mitchison was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford and became a barrister (called 1917) and King's Counsel. He served with the Queen's Bays in World War I, attaining the rank of Major and gaining the Croix de Guerre. He worked in the Ministry of Labour during World War II on the Beveridge man-power survey and led the Nuffield College social reconstruction survey.
Mitchison stood for Parliament without success in King's Norton at the 1931 and 1935 elections. He was the Labour Member of Parliament for Kettering between 1945 and 1964, beating the young incumbent, John Profumo, at the 1945 election. In Parliament, Mitchison sponsored the New Streets Act as a private member's bill. He was given a life peerage, created Baron Mitchison, of Carradale in the County of Argyllshire on 5 October 1964. He served on the executive of the Fabian Society.
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