Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside
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Colonel The Right Honourable The Viscount Ruffside PC JP DL |
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 3 March 1943 – 31 October 1951 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Preceded by | Edward FitzRoy |
| Succeeded by | William Morrison |
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| Born | 16 August 1879 |
| Died | 5 May 1958 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Violet Arbuthnot Wollaston(b. 4 Jul 1882\ d. 17 Nov 1969) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside PC JP DL (16 August 1879 – 5 May 1958) was a British politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951.
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. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Brown was a lieutenant in the Lancashire Artillery when on 26 March 1902 he was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the 1st Dragoon Guards, serving in South Africa during the end of the Second Boer War. He advanced to major in the regiment, and later became a lieutenant-colonel in the Volunteer force.
Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hexham from 1918 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1951. 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. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1941 and raised to the peerage as Viscount Ruffside, of Hexham in the County of Northumberland, in 1951.
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