Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood

Who was Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood?

Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid. After his retirement he was created a life peer as Baron Burntwood, of Burntwood in the County of Staffordshire.

Lord Burntwood was employed by Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd in India and East Africa from 1930-1937. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1939 and served till the end of WWII. He married Flavia Ria Joan Blois, daughter of Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois, 9th Bt. and Winifred Grace Hegan Kennard, on 20 August 1948.

Lord Burntwood was a founding member of The Institution of Environmental Sciences and the organisation's first Chairman. The Institution holds the annual Burntwood Lecture in his memory.