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Derek Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara

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The Right HonourableThe Lord Brabazon of TaraCBE
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
17 May 1964 – 11 December 1974
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
Succeeded byThe 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara
Personal details
Born(1910-12-24)24 December 1910
Died11 December 1974(1974-12-11) (aged 63)
Political partyConservative
Spouse Henrietta Mary Clegg ​ ​(m. 1939)

Derek Charles Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara CBE (24 December 1910 – 11 December 1974), succeeded the title Baron Brabazon of Tara in 1964 on the death of his father, John Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, carrying it for just ten years until his death in 1974.

Life

He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. An active Conservative, he was a councillor in Kensington, 1948–56, Chairman of the South Kensington Conservative Association 1952–54 and chairman of London Conservative Union, 1957–58. After the end of his tenure, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as a Commander (CBE) in the 1960 New Year Honours for "political and public services in London".

Family

In 1939, Moore-Brabazon married Henrietta Mary Clegg who died in 1985. Their son, Ivon, succeeded his father in 1974.

References

  1. "No. 41909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1959. p. 11.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJohn Moore-Brabazon Baron Brabazon of Tara
1964–1974
Succeeded byIvon Moore-Brabazon


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