Geoffrey Hutchinson, Baron Ilford
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Baron Ilford QC MC TD |
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| Member of Parliament for Ilford North | |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 1954 |
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| Preceded by | Mabel Ridealgh |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Iremonger |
| Member of Parliament for Ilford | |
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In office 29 June 1937 – 5 July 1945 |
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| Preceded by | George Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson 14 August 1893 Prestwich, Bury, Greater Manchester |
| Died | 21 August 1974 (aged 81) Cannes, France |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Bidlake (m. 1919) |
| Alma mater |
Cheltenham College Clare College, Cambridge |
Major Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson, Baron Ilford QC, MC, TD (14 October 1893 – 21 August 1974) was a British soldier, a barrister and Conservative Party politician.
Born in Prestwich, he was the youngest son of the cotton manufacturer Henry Omerod Hutchinson and his wife Elizabeth Clegg. He was educated at Cheltenham College and went then to Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1919. In 1920 Hutchinson was called to the bar by the Inner Temple and went to the Northern Circuit. He was nominated a Queen's Counsel in 1939 and was selected a bencher in 1946.
With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Hutchinson joined the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was attached to the British Expeditionary Force until the end of the war and during this time was wounded. In 1916 he was decorated with the Military Cross and in 1933 obtained a captaincy. He was promoted to major in 1937 and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in the next year.
After the begin of the Second World War he was reactivated in 1940 and sent with the then Expeditionary Force to the Franco-Belgian border. Hutchinson was allocated to the War Office in the following year, where he served as deputy assistant to the Military Secretary. He retired in 1945 having reached the age limit and was appointed honorary colonel of the 5th battalion of his former regiment in 1948.
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