The Lord Redmayne | |
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| Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | Edward Heath |
| Succeeded by | Edward Short |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 4 July 1953 – 14 October 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Herbert Butcher |
| Succeeded by | David Gibson-Watt |
| Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 10 March 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Florence Paton |
| Succeeded by | Antony Gardner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1910 |
| Died | 28 April 1983 (aged 72) |
| Political party | Conservative |
Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne, DSO, TD, PC (16 November 1910 – 28 April 1983) was a British Conservative politician.
Redmayne was the second son of civil engineer and farmer, Leonard Redmayne and his wife Mildred and was educated at Radley College. He served in World War II, commanding the 14th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in Italy in 1943 and the 66th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1945. He was awarded the DSO in February 1945,[1] Mentioned in Despatches on 11 January 1945 and made an Honorary Brigadier in 1945.
In 1950, Redmayne entered the Commons as Conservative MP for Rushcliffe. He was a Government Whip a year later, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1953 to 1959, Deputy Chief Whip from 1955 to 1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip from 1959 to 1964. He was the Chief Whip during the Profumo affair. Admitted to the Privy Council in 1959, he was made a baronet on 29 December 1964[2] and after leaving the Commons, was created a life peer as Baron Redmayne, of Rushcliffe in the County of Nottinghamshire on 10 June 1966.[3] Lord Redmayne died in 1983, aged 72. His baronetcy was inherited by his eldest son, Nicholas.
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- ^ "No. 36928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1945. p. 796.
- ^ "No. 43538". The London Gazette. 1 January 1965. p. 83.
- ^ "No. 44017". The London Gazette. 10 June 1966. p. 6709.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1973.
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