Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing

Politician

1912 – 1999

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Who was Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing?

Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing OBE CEng MIEE was a British Conservative politician.

Orr-Ewing was a great-grandson of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, Bt. and was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford. After graduating in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in electrical engineering, he worked with the BBC from 1937 until 1939, when he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and served in the North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe theatres during World War II and was also General Eisenhower's Chief Radar Officer in 1945. After the war, he returned to the BBC until 1949.

Orr-Ewing's political career began in 1950, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Hendon North, a seat he held for twenty years. During this time, he was: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Walter Monckton, the Minister of Labour, from 1951–55; Parliamentary Under-Secretary to George Reginald Ward, the Secretary of State for Air, from 1957–59; Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to The Admiralty in 1959; Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1959–63; Vice-President of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee in 1966 and Vice-Chairman of the Defence Committee from 1966-70.

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Born
Feb 10, 1912
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Trinity College, Oxford
  • Harrow School
Died
Aug 19, 1999

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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