Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet, (24 July 1903 – 14 January 1969) was a British civil servant and

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politician. Wakefield was born 24 July 1903 in Kendal the son of Roger William Wakefield. He was educated at Haileybury and at

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, he joined the

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in 1927 and served in

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and the

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. He was Chief Minister of Kalat State 1933–1936, of Nabha State 1939–1941 and of Rewa State 1943–1945, and was Joint Secretary, Political Department, Delhi, 1946–1947. He was awarded a bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society in 1936.Who's who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979
Harvester Press, 1981, p381 He was elected as the

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(MP) for West Derbyshire in 1950, holding the seat until 1962. He held a series of appointments as a

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, first as Assistant Whip, 1954–1956; then as a

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, 1956–1958; Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household, 1958–1959; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, 1959–1960; and

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, 1960–1962. He resigned from the

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in 1962, when he was appointed as Commissioner for Malta, 1962–64, becoming High Commissioner 1964–1965. He was appointed a Companion of the

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in 1945, and was created a

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, of Kendal in the County of Westmorland, in 1962. His brother,

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, was also a Conservative politician. Wakefield died in January 1969, aged 65, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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Obituary of Lalage, Lady Wakefield (1906–2001), Sir Edward's widow
''Daily Telegraph'', 31 October 2001. , - 1903 births 1969 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire Treasurers of the Household UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malta Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Indian Political Service officers

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