Charles John Addison Doughty, QC (21 September 1902 – 10 July 1973) was a British barrister and

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politician in the

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. A son of Sir Charles Doughty, QC and Lady Alison (née Addison) Doughty, one of four siblings. Educated at

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and

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, Doughty was called to the bar in 1926 by the Inner Temple. During the

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, he saw service with the

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. He was

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for

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from 1951 to 1970. It was he who in 1954 persuaded then Prime Minister

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to go through with the presentation of his famous but disliked portrait by Graham Sutherland to avoid offending the members of Parliament who financially contributed to it. In 1955, he succeeded to his father as

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of Brighton, serving until 1971, becoming honorary recorder afterward. Doughty married fellow Conservative Party member Adelaide Baillieu Shackell (1908–1986), on 29 July 1931 at

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. They had a son and a daughter. She served from 1967–1968 as Chairperson of the

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. In 1978 she was named President. She was appointed a Dame in 1971.

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* 1902 births Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 1973 deaths English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel Members of the Inner Temple Coldstream Guards officers British Army personnel of World War II People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford English barristers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub