Anthony Hurd, Baron Hurd

Who was Anthony Hurd, Baron Hurd?

Anthony Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd was a British politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newbury.

Hurd was first elected to the Newbury constituency in the 1945 general election and won each successive election in Newbury until standing down before the 1964 general election. He was knighted for his political service in 1959.

On 24 August 1964 he was created a Life Peer as Baron Hurd, of Newbury in the Royal County of Berkshire which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords. He died just two years later at the age of 64.

His father, Sir Percy Hurd, was MP for Devizes, his brother was Robert Hurd; his son, Douglas now Lord Hurd of Westwell, was MP for Mid-Oxfordshire and former Foreign Secretary. His grandson, The Hon Nick Hurd is MP for Ruislip Northwood and Pinner.