Geoffrey Mander
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Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander 1882 Wolverhampton, England |
| Died | 1962 Wightwick Manor, England |
| Occupation | Liberal Politician (Member of Parliament); industrialist; art patron |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalind Florence Caverhill; Mary Rosalie Glynn Grylls |
| Children | Mervyn Caverhill Mander, Mavis Flora Rosalind Mander, Elizabeth Brehaut Mander; (by 2nd wife) John Geoffrey Grylls Mander, Anthea Loveday Veronica Mander |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Theodore Mander and Flora St Clair Paint |
Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (6 March 1882 – 9 September 1962), was a Midland industrialist and chairman of Mander Brothers Ltd., paint and varnish manufacturers in Wolverhampton, England, an art collector and radical parliamentarian.
He was the oldest son of (Samuel) Theodore Mander, of a cadet branch of the prominent Mander family of Midland industrialists and public servants. His younger brother was actor, playwright and film director Miles Mander. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, served in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple (1921).
He entered the House of Commons as the Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton East at the general election in May 1929. He was a Liberal specialist on foreign policy between the wars, and was one of the first to take a strong stand against Appeasement of the fascist dictators, and was a crusader on behalf of the League of Nations. During World War II, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair (later, first Viscount Thurso), the Secretary of State for Air. He won a reputation in Parliament for his determined use of parliamentary questions. For example, just over a month after the formal establishment of the Peace Pledge Union on 22 May 1936, he asked the first of numerous hostile questions about it on 25 June 1936.
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