John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil
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The Right Honourable The Lord Peyton of Yeovil PC, FZS |
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| Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 19 November 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Jopling |
| Succeeded by | Roy Mason |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 29 October 1974 – 19 November 1976 |
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| Leader | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | James Prior |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
| Minister of Transport | |
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In office 23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Fred Mulley |
| Succeeded by | Peter Walker |
| Member of Parliament for Yeovil |
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In office 25 October 1951 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | William Kingsmill |
| Succeeded by | Paddy Ashdown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1919 |
| Died | 22 November 2006 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
John Wynne William Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil, PC, FZS (13 February 1919 – 22 November 2006) was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Yeovil for 32 years, from 1951 to 1983, and an early and leading member of the Conservative Monday Club. He served as Minister of Transport (later renamed Minister of Transport Industries in the Department of the Environment) from 1970 to 1974. He was a candidate for leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, losing to Margaret Thatcher.
Peyton was educated at Eton College. As a member of the Eton OTC, he was a member of the honour guard within the grounds of Windsor Castle at the state funeral of King George V in 1936. He read law at Trinity College, Oxford from 1937, but took a commission in the 15/19 Hussars in 1939 on the outbreak of World War II. He was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force, but was captured in Belgium in May 1940, and spent 5 years in German prisoner of war camps, first in Laufen in Bavaria, then Warburg in Westphalia, then Eichstätt in Bavaria in mid 1942, and finally Moosburg in Bavaria from early 1945. He was liberated by American troops later in 1945. A brother was killed at St Nazaire in 1942.
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