Malcolm McCorquodale

Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale, 1st Baron McCorquodale of Newton, PC (29 March 1901 – 25 September 1971) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.

McCorquodale was the son of Norman McCorquodale, of Winslow Hall, Buckinghamshire, and the grandson of George McCorquodale, founder of McCorquodale printers. His mother was Constance Helena, daughter of Edmund Charles Burton. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford.

McCorquodale was chairman of McCorquodale and Company Ltd, and a director of the Bank of Scotland.

At the 1931 general election, McCorquodale was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sowerby, and held the seat at the 1935 election. in 1939 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the President of the Board of Trade, Oliver Stanley. From 1940 to 1941 he fought in the Second World War as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. From 1942 to 1945 he was PPS to the Minister of Labour, Ernest Bevin. In the Labour Party landslide at the 1945 general election he lost his seat to Labour's John Belcher. In the same year, he was appointed as a Privy Councillor.

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