Horace King, Baron Maybray-King
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The Right Honourable Doctor The Lord Maybray-King PC |
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King in Bonn, 1966
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| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office 2 September 1965 – 12 January 1971 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Harry Hylton-Foster |
| Succeeded by | Selwyn Lloyd |
| Chairman of Ways and Means | |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 2 September 1965 |
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| Speaker | Sir Harry Hylton-Foster |
| Preceded by | William Anstruther-Gray |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Storey |
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Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen |
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In office 26 May 1955 – 2 March 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Ralph Morley |
| Succeeded by | Bob Mitchell |
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Member of Parliament for Southampton Test |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 26 May 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | John Howard |
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| Born | 25 May 1901 Grangetown, United Kingdom |
| Died | 3 September 1986 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
Horace Maybray King, Baron Maybray-King, PC (25 May 1901 – 3 September 1986) was a British politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 until 1970 before becoming a life peer. Following the death of Harry Hylton-Foster in September 1965, King, who had served as deputy speaker for ten months, became the Speaker of the House of Commons. He was the first person from the Labour Party ever to hold this position.
Horace King was born in Grangetown near Middlesbrough. His father John William King was an insurance salesman and Methodist local preacher. He was educated at Stockton Secondary School, Stockton-on-Tees, from 1912 to 1917 and never lost touch with these local roots. Horace attended King's College London and graduated with a first-class bachelor's degree in English.
Upon graduating in 1922 King worked as a teacher in Taunton's school in Southampton. He became head of the English department in 1927. He left in 1947 to become headteacher of Regent's Park Secondary School. While working as a teacher, King studied part-time for his Ph.D. His thesis was on the Folios of Shakespeare. He received his doctorate from King's College London in 1940. He had been excused from military service during World War II due to a duodenal ulcer. He and his family - first wife Victoria Florence (née Harris) and daughter Margaret - and Taunton's school were evacuated to Bournemouth from Southampton in 1940. Among the many pupils was 15-year-old Benny Hill. Dr King ("Doc") was always a keen musician - piano, piano-accordion and organ - and during the 2nd World War he formed various concert parties - "The V Concert Party" was one - which toured the smaller outlying military bases and entertained troops not often reached by ENSA.
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