Colonel Douglas Glover | |
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| Member of Parliament forOrmskirk | |
| In office 12 November 1953 – 29 May 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Salter |
| Succeeded by | Harold Soref |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1908-02-13)13 February 1908 London, England |
| Died | 15 January 1982(1982-01-15) (aged 73) |
| Political party | Conservative |
ColonelSir Douglas Glover,TD (13 February 1908[1] – 15 January 1982[1][2]) was aConservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament forOrmskirk, inLancashire, from 1953 until 1970,[2][3] and was a colonel in the Army duringWorld War II. Sometime Chairman of the Conservative Party and of the BritishAnti-Slavery Society.
Glover was educated atGiggleswick School,[4] where he was later became agovernor,[4] and where the "Sir Douglas Glover Memorial Lecture" is held periodically in his memory.[4]
On leaving school in 1925 he entered the family textile business, S.B. Glover & Co. Ltd.,[4] eventually becoming managing director.[4] He also served for many years on the council of the Wholesale Textile Association of Great Britain.[4]
In 1934, Glover married first wife Agnes May Brown; she died in 1976.[3] Later that year, he married Margaret Eleanor Hurlimann.[3]
At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Glover was asubaltern in the7th Battalion, theManchester Regiment,TA;[3][4] in 1945, he was appointed to the command of the 2nd BattalionPrincess Louise's Kensington Regiment in North-West Europe;[3][4] and, from 1947 to 1950, he commanded the 9th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, TA.[3][4] For his services in the Netherlands, he was made Knight Officer of theOrder of Orange-Nassau in 1947.[4]
After the war, Glover returned to the family business, whilst also contesting the parliamentary seats ofBlackburn in 1945,[3][4] andStalybridge and Hyde in both 1950[3] and 1951[3][4] before being elected as the member forOrmskirk ina 1953 by-election,[1][4] which he represented until 1970.[4] Glover was knighted in 1960.[1][3][4][5]
In later life, he moved to Switzerland whereBaroness Thatcher, a close friend, would often spend her summer holidays visiting Sir Douglas and his wife.[4][6] Glover died of cancer in Switzerland in January 1982.[6] He was 73.[3] Thatcher attended his Swiss funeral service[6] and theDuke of Edinburgh was represented at this London memorial service.[7]
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