The Lord Maudeof Stratford-upon-Avon | |
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| Paymaster General | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Shirley Williams |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
| Member of Parliament forStratford-on-Avon | |
| In office 15 August 1963 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | John Profumo |
| Succeeded by | Alan Howarth |
| Member of Parliament forEaling South | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 18 April 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Brian Batsford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1912-09-08)8 September 1912 |
| Died | 9 November 1993(1993-11-09) (aged 81) Banbury,Oxfordshire, England |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, includingFrancis |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Angus Edmund Upton Maude, Baron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon,TD, PC (8 September 1912 – 9 November 1993) was an EnglishConservative Party politician. AMember of Parliament (MP) from 1950 to 1958 and from 1963 to 1983, he served as acabinet minister from 1979 to 1981. He was the father of former Conservative MPFrancis Maude.[1]
Maude was born at 44 Temple Fortune Lane, Hendon, Middlesex, the only child of Alan Hamer Maude (1885–1979), journalist and army officer, and Dorothy Maude Upton, daughter of Frederic Upton, a civil servant.[2] He was educated, mainly in Classics, atRugby School, then attendedOriel College, Oxford, where he obtained a second-class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1933.[2] He became a journalist and author, working onThe Times (1933–34) and theDaily Mail (1934–39).[2]
Maude fought in theSecond World War. He was captured in North Africa, becoming a POW in Italy. He was later moved to Germany, where he was freed by forces under GeneralGeorge S. Patton.
Maude was electedConservative PartyMember of Parliament forEaling South at the1950 general election. He continued to work in journalism, and was Director of the Conservative Political Centre from 1951 to 1955. In 1958, he resigned his seat[3] to become editor ofThe Sydney Morning Herald, a post which he held until 1961. He attempted to return to Parliament, at first being beaten by theLabour Party'sGuy Barnett by 704 votes ina 1962 by-election atSouth Dorset, where the Conservative vote was split. He was then elected to represent the constituency ofStratford-on-Avon in aa by-election in 1963, where he remained until retiring in 1983.
Maude was shadow aviation spokesman, but was sacked in 1967 byEdward Heath after criticising party policy. WhenMargaret Thatcher became leader, she brought him back into the fold after he played a key role in her bid for the leadership in 1975. When she came to power in May 1979, he was appointed to the position ofPaymaster General with a seat in the cabinet, with Thatcher saying "I was anxious to have Angus Maude in the Cabinet to benefit from his years of political experience, his sound views, and his acid wit."[4] However, Maude resigned relatively soon afterward, in January 1981, following which he received aknighthood.[5]
Maude was a friend of the Rev.Ian Paisley.[6]
Maude gave up his seat at the1983 general election, and was elevated to theHouse of Lords as alife peer on 19 September 1983, taking the titleBaron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon, ofStratford-upon-Avon in the County ofWarwickshire.[7] He died in 1993.
He was nicknamed "The Mekon" because of his prominent forehead and overbearing manner.[8]
In 1949 Maude co-authored a book "The English Middle Classes" with English writer andsmall press printerRoy Lewis,
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)In 1955 Maude co-authored a book "The Biography of a Nation" with fellow Conservative MP,Enoch Powell.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forStratford-upon-Avon 1963–1983 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Paymaster General 1979–1981 | Succeeded by |
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