George Wallace, Baron Wallace of Coslany

Who was George Wallace, Baron Wallace of Coslany?

George Douglas Wallace, Baron Wallace of Coslany was a British Labour Party politician.

Wallace was born in Cheltenham and attended Cheltenham Central School. He became an office manager before volunteering to join the RAF in 1941, serving during World War II and rising to the rank of Sergeant.

He was elected Member of Parliament for Chislehurst in 1945 general election. In 1950, Wallace lost to Conservative Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smith by 167 votes. It was 14 years later in 1964 before he returned to Parliament, representing Norwich North. He retired from the House of Commons at the February 1974 election, and became a life peer as Baron Wallace of Coslany, of Coslany in the City of Norwich, on 17 January 1975.

Wallace served as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1977 to 1979, and was a member of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from 1970 to 1986.