Gerald Nabarro
| Sir Gerald Nabarro | |
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Nabarro with his car, NAB 1
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| Member of Parliament for Kidderminster |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 15 October 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Louis Tolley |
| Succeeded by | Tatton Brinton |
| Member of Parliament for South Worcestershire |
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In office 31 March 1966 – 18 November 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Agnew |
| Succeeded by | Michael Spicer |
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29 June 1913 Willesden Green, London, England, UK |
| Died | 18 November 1973 (aged 60) Broadway, Worcestershire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1930–1946 |
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| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro (29 June 1913 – 18 November 1973) was a British businessman and latterly Conservative Party politician of the 1950s to 1970s.
Nabarro was born in Willesden Green, London, the son of an unsuccessful shopkeeper. He was born to a prominent Sephardi Jewish family but later converted to Christianity. Until age 14 he was educated at London County Council schools.
Nabarro left school at 14, and ran away from home into the Merchant Navy. He later enlisted in the British Army's King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1930, rising to the rank of staff sergeant instructor. After some self-education he was accepted for commissioning as an officer but believed he had insufficient private means and, having served his time, he was honourably discharged in 1937. He went into the timber-supply industry, where he made his fortune, able to later claim to have served in every grade from labourer to managing director.
He also served in the Territorial Army from 1937 and at the start of the Second World War, he was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Artillery. During the war he was seconded for special industrial production processes in the United Kingdom He left full-time military service in favour of industrial employment in 1943 but remained on the Reserve of Officers until 1946.
Among many positions outside industry and parliament Nabarro was Governor of the University of Birmingham and Convocation Member at Aston University; President of the Road Passenger and Transport Association 1951-55, the Merseyside area of the National Union of Manufacturers 1956-62, the London branch of the Institute of Marketing 1968-70, and the British Direct Mail Marketing Association 1968-72.
He was also interested in the revival of the Severn Valley Railway (which was partly in his former Kidderminster constituency), the basis of two of his books, Severn Valley Steam and Steam Nostalgia. In early 1972 he persuaded the SVR, of which he became chairman, to allow him to raise the money to buy the line from Hampton Loade to Foley Park by means of a share issue in a newly created public limited company. The share issue took place but after SVR volunteers discovered he planned to sell the Bridgnorth railway station site for hotel and housing development and bring business friends from outside onto the board, it led to a threatened strike by the railway's volunteer staff and his proposals were thrown out at a heated AGM. Nabarro resigned from the board of directors in May 1973.
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