Gammans
Gammans is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * David Gammans (1895–1957), British politician *Muriel Gammans (1898–1989), British politician, wife of David See also * Gammans Baronets * Gamman *Gammons Gammons is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * J. A. Gammons (1876–1963), American baseball player * Peter Gammons Peter Gammons (born April 9, 1945) is an American sportswriter Sports journalism is a form of writing ...

David Gammans
Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet (10 November 1895 – 8 February 1957), known as David Gammans, was a British Conservative Party politician. Gammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School. He served with the Royal Field Artillery 1914–1918. He was in the Colonial Service in Malaya, 1920-1934 and attached to the British Embassy in Tokyo, 1926–1928. In 1930 he toured in India, Europe and America and, on retiring from the Colonial Service, lectured in the US and Canada. he was Director and Secretary of the Land Settlement Association, 1934–1939. He was first elected to Parliament at a by-election in 1941, following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey, Euan Wallace. Gammans held the North London seat until his own death in 1957, aged 61. The resulting 1957 Hornsey by-election was won for the Conservatives by his wife Muriel, known as Lady Gammans. In Winston Churchill's 1951–55 government, he served as Assistant Postmaster-Genera ...
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Gammans Baronets
Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet (10 November 1895 – 8 February 1957), known as David Gammans, was a British Conservative Party politician. Gammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School. He served with the Royal Field Artillery 1914–1918. He was in the Colonial Service in Malaya, 1920-1934 and attached to the British Embassy in Tokyo, 1926–1928. In 1930 he toured in India, Europe and America and, on retiring from the Colonial Service, lectured in the US and Canada. he was Director and Secretary of the Land Settlement Association, 1934–1939. He was first elected to Parliament at a by-election in 1941, following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey, Euan Wallace. Gammans held the North London seat until his own death in 1957, aged 61. The resulting 1957 Hornsey by-election was won for the Conservatives by his wife Muriel, known as Lady Gammans. In Winston Churchill's 1951–55 government, he served as Assistant Postmaster-Genera ...
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Muriel Gammans
Ann Muriel, Lady Gammans (born 6 March 1898 – 28 December 1989) was a British Conservative politician. She was elected Member of Parliament for Hornsey Hornsey is a district of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner Lo ... at a 1957 by-election following the death of her husband Sir David Gammans, and served until her retirement at the 1966 general election. References * External links * 1898 births 1989 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 20th-century British women politicians Wives of baronets 20th-century English women 20th-century English people {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub ...
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Gamman
Gamman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Lorraine Gamman (born 1957), English design professor *Louise Gamman (born 1983), English basketball player See also *Gammans *Hamman Hamman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adalbert Hamman (1910–2000), French Franciscan priest * Bob Hamman (born 1938), American professional bridge player * Edouard Hamman (1819–1888), Belgian painter * Jared Hamman ...