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Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing, OBE (10 February 1912 – 19 August 1999) was a British
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politician.


Early life

Orr-Ewing was a great-grandson of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, Bt. He was educated at Harrow School and
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. At Trinity College he qualified as an electrical engineer, with an MA in physics. Then, as a 22-year-old graduate apprentice at
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in 1934, he was part of a team of three which built the first production
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.Lord Orr-Ewing
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''; Orbituary by Andrew Roth; 24 August 1999


Career

Orr-Ewing worked with the
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from 1937 until 1939, when he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and served in the
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and
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theatres during
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and was also
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's Chief Radar Officer in 1945. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945. After the war, he returned to the BBC until 1949. Orr-Ewing's political career began in 1950, when he was elected
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for Hendon North, a seat he held for five elections. During this time, he was: Parliamentary Private Secretary to
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, the
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, from 1951 to 1955;
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to George Reginald Ward, the Secretary of State for Air, from 1957 to 1959;
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in 1959;
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from 1959 to 1963; Vice-President of the
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in 1966 and Vice-Chairman of the Defence Committee from 1966 to 1970. Between 1951 and 1954, he served on the Council of the Royal Television Society. Having been created a
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in 1963, Orr-Ewing retired from the
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in 1970 and was created a life peer on 30 April 1971, as Baron Orr-Ewing, of Little Berkhamsted in the County of Hertfordshire.


Personal life

Orr-Ewing was an amateur radio enthusiast, holding the call sign ''G5OG'' until his death. The format of his call sign indicates that his licence was issued between 1921 and 1939. In November 1976 during the opening of Parliament, prior to his announcement of Presidency of the
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quipped that Orr-Ewing held an amateur licence and that he was colloquially known as "George Five Old Girl", a play on his call sign using non-standard phonetic alphabet.Hansard H
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orr-Ewing, Ian 1912 births 1999 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Orr-Ewing, Ian, 1st Baronet Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Orr-Ewing, Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Lords of the Admiralty Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Harrow School Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs who were granted peerages People from Little Berkhamsted European amateur radio operators Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Life peers created by Elizabeth II