Alan Livesey Stuart Todd (3 June 1900 – 14 August 1976) was a

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and

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politician living at

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Biography

He was educated at

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and the

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. He was elected as a

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in the 1931 General Election for the

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division of

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as a

, but was not re-elected at the following election in

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. During this time, he published a work on ''Indian Constitutional Reform'' (1934). He was elected to

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in 1938, and became an

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of that council in 1953, remaining one until that role was abolished in 1974. He was President of Bromsgrove Conservative Association from 1962 to 1967. He held various

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appointments during the Second World War and was executive director of the National Association of Drop Forgers and Stampers from 1948 to 1969. He became a

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for Staffordshire in 1939, serving as chairman of the

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from 1958 to 1967 and as vice-chairman of that for

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from 1967.A. and C. Black (eds.), ''Who was Who'' VII ''1971-1980'' (A & C Black, London 1981), 798. More locally to where he lived, he represented Worcestershire County Council on the

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of Clent Hill Common from 1947 until the Conservators were abolished in 1967. Soon after becoming a county councillor, he made efforts towards the preservation of the beauty of the Clent Hills. These ultimately led to the county council purchasing a tract, mostly of ill-managed woodland between Clent Hill and

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in 1957. This, together with Clent Hill Common and Walton Hill Common, were given to the

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in 1959. Todd then served on the National Trust Clent Hills Management Committee from its creation in 1967 until his death, latterly as a co-opted member.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Todd, Alan 1900 births 1976 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935