William Whitehead Hicks-Beach

Politician

1907 – 1975

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Who was William Whitehead Hicks-Beach?

Major William Whitehead Hicks-Beach was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Cheltenham from 1950 to 1964, and also an Alderman of Cheltenham Borough Council.

He was a relative of the Earls St Aldwyn. He married Diana, daughter of Christopher Gurney Hoare, on 12 September 1939, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth Hinson and Rosemary Naylor, and one son, Mark Hicks Beach.

He is buried in the The Blessed Virgin St Mary's Churchyard, at Great Witcombe in Gloucestershire.

A road on the Hesters Way council estate in Cheltenham is named for him.

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Born
Mar 23, 1907
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Died
Jan 1, 1975

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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