Sir Gordon Touche, 1st Baronet

The Right Honourable Sir Gordon Touche Bt
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1959–1962
Preceded by	Charles MacAndrew
Succeeded by	William Anstruther-Gray
Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1956–1959
Preceded by	Rhys Hopkin Morris
Succeeded by	William Anstruther-Gray
Member of Parliament for Reigate
In office 27 October 1931 – 23 February 1950
Preceded by	Sir George Cockerill
Succeeded by	John Vaughan-Morgan
Member of Parliament for Dorking
In office 23 February 1950 – 15 October 1964
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	George Sinclair

Sir Gordon Cosmo Touche, 1st Baronet (8 July 1895 – 19 May 1972) was a British barrister and politician who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 30 years and became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. However, his conduct in this role was criticised by Labour MPs on several occasions.

Touche was the son of Sir George Touche, who founded a firm of accountants and was himself active in politics as an alderman of the City of London and Member of Parliament for Islington North from 1910 to 1918. He was sent to Marlborough College and went on from there to University College, Oxford. It was at Oxford that he first became interested in politics.

Staying at Oxford until he had taken his degree, Touche was commissioned into the Army Service Corps in 1915. He fought at Gallipoli, in Palestine and in Egypt. At one point, his transport ship was sunk in the Aegean Sea. He reached the rank of Lieutenant. When the war ended, Touche read for the Bar and was called in 1923 by the Inner Temple. He joined the South-Eastern Circuit where he specialised in commercial cases. Also getting involved in business, he was elected a director of the British Automatic Company in 1928. Touche was a very 'clubbable' man who was prominent in London society; he served on the Executive Committee of the United Club for many years and was chairman in 1938.

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