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	'''John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|PC}} (15 September 1925 – 23 May 2020), known as '''Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet''', from 1963 to 1983, was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] from 1954 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7646.htm\|title=John Benedict Eden\|work=the peerage\|access-date=7 May ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|title=Sir John Benedict EDEN (Baron Eden of Winton)\|work=Council of Europe\|access-date=7 May 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515161554/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|archive-date=15 May 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		'''John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|PC}} (15 September 1925 – 23 May 2020), known as '''Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet''', from 1963 to 1983, was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] from 1954 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7646.htm\|title=John Benedict Eden\|work=the peerage\|access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|title=Sir John Benedict EDEN (Baron Eden of Winton)\|work=Council of Europe\|access-date=7 May 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515161554/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|archive-date=15 May 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
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	==Career==		==Career==
	After an unsuccessful attempt to contest the [[1953 Paddington North by-election]], Eden was first elected as a [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] at the [[1954 Bournemouth West by-election]], which he would continue to represent from 1954 until 1983. When first elected, he was the [[Baby of the House]], the youngest member of the [[British House of Commons\|House of Commons]]. He was appointed to the [[Privy Council]] on 10 April 1972 and was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Eden of Winton''', of [[Rushyford]] in the [[County of Durham]] on 3 October 1983,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=49500 \|date=6 October 1983 \|page=13057}}</ref> following his retirement from the House of Commons. He retired from the House of Lords on 11 June 2015 under the provisions of the [[House of Lords Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/minutes/150615/ldordpap.htm#minproc \|title=House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 11 June ~~2022~~}}</ref> Following the death of [[Denis Healey\|Lord Healey]] on 3 October 2015, Eden became the oldest surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.		After an unsuccessful attempt to contest the [[1953 Paddington North by-election]], Eden was first elected as a [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] at the [[1954 Bournemouth West by-election]], which he would continue to represent from 1954 until 1983. When first elected, he was the [[Baby of the House]], the youngest member of the [[British House of Commons\|House of Commons]]. He was appointed to the [[Privy Council]] on 10 April 1972 and was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Eden of Winton''', of [[Rushyford]] in the [[County of Durham]] on 3 October 1983,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=49500 \|date=6 October 1983 \|page=13057}}</ref> following his retirement from the House of Commons. He retired from the House of Lords on 11 June 2015 under the provisions of the [[House of Lords Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/minutes/150615/ldordpap.htm#minproc \|title=House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 11 June 2015}}</ref> Following the death of [[Denis Healey\|Lord Healey]] on 3 October 2015, Eden became the oldest surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.

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	\| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]		\| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
	\| name = The Lord Eden of Winton		\| name = The Lord Eden of Winton
	\| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|PC}}		\| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|Bt\|PC}}
	\| image = John-Benedict-Eden-Baron-Eden-of-Winton.jpg		\| image = John-Benedict-Eden-Baron-Eden-of-Winton.jpg
	\| alt = portrait photograph of Sir John Eden, Bt		\| alt = portrait photograph of Sir John Eden, Bt
	\| caption = Sir John Eden, Bt, in 1969<ref>{{cite web \|title=John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton \|publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London\|National Portrait Gallery]] \|location=London \|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw116856 \|access-date=30 July 2020 }}</ref>		\| caption = Sir John Eden, Bt, in 1969<ref>{{cite web \|title=John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton \|publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London\|National Portrait Gallery]] \|location=London \|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw116856 \|access-date=30 July 2020 }}</ref>
	\|office = [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (UK)\|Minister of Posts and Telecommunications]]		\|office = [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (United Kingdom)\|Minister of Posts and Telecommunications]]
	\|primeminister = [[Edward Heath]]		\|primeminister = [[Edward Heath]]
	\|term_start = 7 April 1972		\|term_start = 7 April 1972
	\|term_end = 4 March 1974		\|term_end = 4 March 1974
	\|predecessor = [[Christopher Chataway]]		\|predecessor = [[Christopher Chataway]]
	\|successor = ''Position abolished''<br />[[Tony Benn]] ~~<small>~~{{nowrap\|(''[[Secretary of State for Industry]]'')~~</small>~~}}		\|successor = ''Position abolished''<br />[[Tony Benn]] {{nowrap\|(''[[Secretary of State for Industry]]'')}}
	\| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]]		\| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]]
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	'''John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|PC}} (15 September 1925 – 23 May 2020), known as '''Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet''', from 1963 to 1983, was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] from 1954 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7646.htm\|title=John Benedict Eden\|work=the peerage\|access-date=7 May ~~2010~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|title=Sir John Benedict EDEN (Baron Eden of Winton)\|work=Council of Europe\|access-date=7 May 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515161554/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|archive-date=15 May 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		'''John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|PC}} (15 September 1925 – 23 May 2020), known as '''Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet''', from 1963 to 1983, was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] from 1954 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7646.htm\|title=John Benedict Eden\|work=the peerage\|access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|title=Sir John Benedict EDEN (Baron Eden of Winton)\|work=Council of Europe\|access-date=7 May 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515161554/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822\|archive-date=15 May 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	Eden was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)\|St Paul's School]], [[New Hampshire]], in the US. He served as a [[Lieutenant]] with the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)\|Rifle Brigade]], [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]] and the [[Gilgit Scouts]] during the [[World War II\|Second World War]]. He was a nephew of [[Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon\|Sir Anthony Eden]] (1897–1977), who served as prime minister from 1955 to 1957, and he succeeded his father Sir Timothy Calvert Eden to his [[Eden baronets\|baronetcies]] in 1963. He was the [[Eden baronets\|9th Baronet of West Auckland and the 7th Baronet of Maryland]].		Eden was the son of Sir Timothy Calvert Eden and Edith Mary Prendergast.
			He educated at [[Eton College]] and [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)\|St Paul's School]], [[New Hampshire]], in the US. He served as a [[Lieutenant]] with the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)\|Rifle Brigade]], [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]] and the [[Gilgit Scouts]] during the [[World War II\|Second World War]]. He was a nephew of [[Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon\|Sir Anthony Eden]] (1897–1977), who served as prime minister from 1955 to 1957, and he succeeded his father Sir Timothy Calvert Eden to his [[Eden baronets\|baronetcies]] in 1963. He was the [[Eden baronets\|9th Baronet of West Auckland and the 7th Baronet of Maryland]].

	==Career==		==Career==
	After an unsuccessful attempt to contest the [[1953 Paddington North by-election]], Eden was ~~the~~ [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] ~~from 1954 until 1983. When first elected~~ at [[1954 Bournemouth West by-election~~\|by-election in February 1954~~]], he was the youngest member of the [[British House of Commons\|House of Commons]]. He was appointed to the [[Privy Council]] on 10 April 1972 and was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Eden of Winton''', of [[Rushyford]] in the [[County of Durham]] on 3 October 1983,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=49500 \|date=6 October 1983 \|page=13057}}</ref> following his retirement from the House of Commons. He retired from the House of Lords on 11 June 2015 under the provisions of the [[House of Lords Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/minutes/150615/ldordpap.htm#minproc \|title=House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 11 June ~~2015~~}}</ref> Following the death of [[Denis Healey\|Lord Healey]] on 3 October 2015, Eden became the oldest surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.		After an unsuccessful attempt to contest the [[1953 Paddington North by-election]], Eden was first elected as a [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bournemouth West]] at the [[1954 Bournemouth West by-election]], which he would continue to represent from 1954 until 1983. When first elected, he was the [[Baby of the House]], the youngest member of the [[British House of Commons\|House of Commons]]. He was appointed to the [[Privy Council]] on 10 April 1972 and was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Eden of Winton''', of [[Rushyford]] in the [[County of Durham]] on 3 October 1983,<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=49500 \|date=6 October 1983 \|page=13057}}</ref> following his retirement from the House of Commons. He retired from the House of Lords on 11 June 2015 under the provisions of the [[House of Lords Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/minutes/150615/ldordpap.htm#minproc \|title=House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 11 June 2022}}</ref> Following the death of [[Denis Healey\|Lord Healey]] on 3 October 2015, Eden became the oldest surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.

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	* Delegate to NATO Technology (June–October 1970)		* Delegate to NATO Technology (June–October 1970)
	* [[Minister of State\|Minister of State for Industry]] (1970–1972)		* [[Minister of State\|Minister of State for Industry]] (1970–1972)
	* [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (UK)\|Minister of Posts and Telecommunications]] (1972–1974)		* [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (United Kingdom)\|Minister of Posts and Telecommunications]] (1972–1974)
	* Member of the House of Commons Expenditure committee (1974–1976)		* Member of the House of Commons Expenditure committee (1974–1976)
	* Chairman of the Select Committee on EEC Legislation (1976–1979)		* Chairman of the Select Committee on EEC Legislation (1976–1979)
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	** The Honourable Sir Robert Frederick Calvert Eden (born 30 April 1964). [[Eden baronets\|The 10th Baronet of West Auckland and 8th Baronet of Maryland]].		** The Honourable Sir Robert Frederick Calvert Eden (born 30 April 1964). [[Eden baronets\|The 10th Baronet of West Auckland and 8th Baronet of Maryland]].
	** The Honourable John "Jack" Edward Morton Eden (born 1966). Heir presumptive to the baronetcies.		** The Honourable John "Jack" Edward Morton Eden (born 1966). Heir presumptive to the baronetcies.
	* 2) Margaret Ann Gordon (1977 – his death 2020). A former wife of the ~~[[John Eric Drummond, 9th~~ Earl of Perth~~\|Earl of Perth]]~~.		* 2) Margaret Ann Gordon (1977 – his death 2020). A former wife of the Earl of Perth.

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| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Lord Eden of Winton
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC}}
| image = John-Benedict-Eden-Baron-Eden-of-Winton.jpg
| alt = portrait photograph of Sir John Eden, Bt
| caption = Sir John Eden, Bt, in 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton |publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] |location=London |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw116856 |access-date=30 July 2020 }}</ref>
|office = [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (UK)|Minister of Posts and Telecommunications]]
|primeminister = [[Edward Heath]]
|term_start = 7 April 1972
|term_end = 4 March 1974
|predecessor = [[Christopher Chataway]]
|successor = ''Position abolished'' [[Tony Benn]] {{nowrap|(''[[Secretary of State for Industry]]'')}}
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]]
| parliament3 =
| term_start3 = 18 February 1954
| term_end3 = 13 May 1983
| office2 = [[Member of the House of Lords]] [[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
| term_start2 = 3 October 1983
| term_end2 = 11 June 2015 [[Life Peerage]]
| majority3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil]]
| successor3 = [[John Butterfill]]
| birth_name = John Benedict Eden
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|09|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|05|23|1925|09|15|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |title=eden - Deaths Announcements |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242040/eden |website=Telegraph Announcements |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
| death_place =
| nationality = British
| spouse = {{Plainlist}}
* {{marriage|Belinda Jane Pascoe|1954|end=div|1974}}
* {{marriage|Margaret Ann Gordon |1977}}
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* [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]]
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'''John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|PC}} (15 September 1925 – 23 May 2020), known as '''Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet''', from 1963 to 1983, was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]] from 1954 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7646.htm|title=John Benedict Eden|work=the peerage|access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822|title=Sir John Benedict EDEN (Baron Eden of Winton)|work=Council of Europe|access-date=7 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515161554/http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_MemberDetails.asp?MemberID=822|archive-date=15 May 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Background==
Eden was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St Paul's School]], [[New Hampshire]], in the US. He served as a [[Lieutenant]] with the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]], [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]] and the [[Gilgit Scouts]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. He was a nephew of [[Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon|Sir Anthony Eden]] (1897–1977), who served as prime minister from 1955 to 1957, and he succeeded his father Sir Timothy Calvert Eden to his [[Eden baronets|baronetcies]] in 1963. He was the [[Eden baronets|9th Baronet of West Auckland and the 7th Baronet of Maryland]].

==Career==
After an unsuccessful attempt to contest the [[1953 Paddington North by-election]], Eden was the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]] from 1954 until 1983. When first elected at [[1954 Bournemouth West by-election|by-election in February 1954]], he was the youngest member of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. He was appointed to the [[Privy Council]] on 10 April 1972 and was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Eden of Winton''', of [[Rushyford]] in the [[County of Durham]] on 3 October 1983,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49500 |date=6 October 1983 |page=13057}}</ref> following his retirement from the House of Commons. He retired from the House of Lords on 11 June 2015 under the provisions of the [[House of Lords Reform Act 2014]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/minutes/150615/ldordpap.htm#minproc |title=House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for 11 June 2015}}</ref> Following the death of [[Denis Healey|Lord Healey]] on 3 October 2015, Eden became the oldest surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.

Appointments:
* Member of the House of Commons Estimates committee (1960–1964)
* Delegate to Council of Europe and West European Union (1960–1962)
* Delegate to NATO Technology (June–October 1970)
* [[Minister of State|Minister of State for Industry]] (1970–1972)
* [[Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (UK)|Minister of Posts and Telecommunications]] (1972–1974)
* Member of the House of Commons Expenditure committee (1974–1976)
* Chairman of the Select Committee on EEC Legislation (1976–1979)
* Chairman of the Select Committee on Home Affairs (1980–1983)
* Chairman of the British Lebanese Association (1990–1998)
* Chairman of the [[Royal Armouries|Royal Armouries Association]] (1986–1994)
* Member of Timken Company International Advisory Board
* Chairman of Lady Eden's Schools Ltd

==Family life==
He was twice married:
* 1) Belinda Jane Pascoe (1954 – divorced 1974); four children
** [[The Honourable]] Emily Rose Eden (born 1959)
** The Honourable Arabella Charlotte Eden (born 1960)
** The Honourable Sir Robert Frederick Calvert Eden (born 30 April 1964). [[Eden baronets|The 10th Baronet of West Auckland and 8th Baronet of Maryland]].
** The Honourable John "Jack" Edward Morton Eden (born 1966). Heir presumptive to the baronetcies.
* 2) Margaret Ann Gordon (1977 – his death 2020). A former wife of the [[John Eric Drummond, 9th Earl of Perth|Earl of Perth]].

==Arms==
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|crest = A dexter Arms embowed in Armour couped at the shoulder proper and grasping a Garb fesswise as in the Arms banded Vert
|coronet = A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Baron]]
|escutcheon = Gules on a Chevron Argent between three Garbs Or banded Vert as many Escallops Sable
|supporters = On either side a Lion rampant guardant Gules about the mane of each a Chain pendant therefrom a Portcullis Or that on the dexter side holding by the interior paw a Cross Patonce also Or and that on the sinister side holding by the interior paw a Rose Branch proper having three Double Roses Argent and Gules barbed and seeded proper, the Compartment comprising a Mount rising in the centre and growing therefrom Fir Trees and Beech Trees in the foreground a Bay with Cliffs proper and a Rivulet wavy Azure running across a Sandy Beach also proper into the Sea barry wavy of four Azure and Argent
|motto = Si Sit Prudentia
}}

==References==
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==External links==
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bournemouth West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bournemouth West]]
| years = [[1954 Bournemouth West by-election|1954]]–[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
| before = [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury|Viscount Cranborne]]
| after = [[John Butterfill]]
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| years = 1954
| before = [[Tony Benn]]
| after = [[John Woollam (politician)|John Woollam]]
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