Sir (Joseph Percival) William Mallalieu (18 June 1908 – 13 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author.

Life

He was of Huguenot origin, a son of

Frederick Mallalieu Frederick William Mallalieu (1860 – 10 May 1932) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Son of woollen manufacturer and ironworks company chairman Henry Mallalieu (1831-1902), J.P., of Delph Lodge, Delph, Saddleworth, near Ol ...

, a Member of Parliament. Mallalieu's ancestors had settled at Saddleworth in the early 1600s, where they lived in humble circumstances working as weavers. Frederick Mallalieu's father, Henry (1831–1902), was a self-made businessman, at the age of twelve a hand-loom weaver. He became a woollen manufacturer, chairman of ironworks companies, and magistrate. Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Oxford, and the University of Chicago. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1930 and a

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blue. He served in the Royal Navy 1942–45, joining as an

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and later being commissioned and promoted to lieutenant. His novel, ''Very Ordinary Seaman'', is based on his experiences in the navy. From 1945 to 1950, Mallalieu was Member of Parliament for Huddersfield; and then, after boundary changes, for

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from 1950 to 1979. He had various ministerial positions under

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, including Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (1966–1967), the

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(1967–1968) and Technology (1968–1969). Mallalieu is the author of ''Rats!'' (

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, 1941) under the pseudonym 'The Pied Piper'. A collection of his writing on various sports, mostly written for '' The Spectator'', was published as ''Sporting Days'' (The Sportsmans Book Club, 1957). He was given the Freedom of Kirklees in West Yorkshire on 27 January 1980.

Family

In 1945, Mallalieu married Harriet Rita Riddle Tinn, daughter of

Jack Tinn John William Tinn (20 January 1878 - 13 March 1971) was an English football manager. He managed South Shields in the early 1920s and Portsmouth from 1927 until 1947. Career Tinn became manager of South Shields in 1919, the year they were elec ...

, manager of

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from 1927 to 1947. Their daughter,

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, is a Labour peer. Mallalieu's brother Lance was also a Member of Parliament. His uncle, Albert Henry Mallalieu, was head of that family of Tan-y-Marian, Llandudno.On Larkhill, J. P. W. Mallalieu, Allison & Busby, 1983, p. 21

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