The Right Honourable John Burns Hynd
Minister of Pensions
In office 17 April 1947 – 7 October 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Wilfred Paling
Succeeded by	George Buchanan
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 4 August 1945 – 17 April 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	James Arthur Salter
Succeeded by	The Lord Pakenham
Member of Parliament forSheffield Attercliffe
In office 21 February 1944 – 29 May 1970
Preceded by	Cecil Henry Wilson
Succeeded by	Patrick Duffy

John Burns Hynd (4 April 1902 – 8 November 1971) was a BritishLabour Party politician.

Educated at St Ninian's Episcopal School and Caledonian Road School,Perth, he left school at 14 and became a Railway Clerk in the District Office of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway, Perth, where he worked until 1925. He then became a Trade Union Clerk with theNational Union of Railwaymen until 1944.

Hynd was elected asMember of Parliament (MP) forSheffield Attercliffe at aby-election in 1944, holding the seat until 1970.He held office asChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister forGermany andAustria, 1945–1947, and asMinister of Pensions during 1947.

He was a Member of theGeneral Medical Council from 1950 to 1955. He was Chairman of the Anglo-German and Anglo-Latin American Parliamentary Groups. He was awarded theGrand Cross of Merit with Star (West German Republic) in 1958, the Chevalier of theLegion of Honour, andGreat Golden Cross of Honour with Star (Austria). He died inEnfield aged 69.

• The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.
• The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
• The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955.

• Hansard 1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by John Burns Hynd
• Newspaper clippings about John Hynd in the20th Century Press Archives of theZBW
• The Papers of John Burns Hynd held at theChurchill Archives Centre

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