Francis John Childs Ganzoni, 1st Baron Belstead, (19 January 1882 – 15 August 1958) was a

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politician in

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Personal life

Born to Julius Charles Ganzoni and Mary Frances Childs, Ganzoni was educated at

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and Christ Church, Oxford, from which he received a

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in 1906. In that same year he became a barrister with membership of the

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. On 31 May 1930, he married Gwendolen Gertrude Turner. He was the father of

John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead, Baron Ganzoni, (30 September 1932 – 3 December 2005) was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990. Background a ...

Public service

Ganzoni served in the

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with the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment; he rose to the rank of Captain. On 23 May 1914 he won a by-election to become the

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(MP) for the formerly

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constituency of Ipswich, a position he would hold, with the exception of a brief period from 1923 to 1924, until 1938. During his parliamentary career he held other positions. He served as Chairman of the Private Bills Committee from 1923 to 1938. In 1924 he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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, retaining that position until 1929. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Suffolk.

Honours and arms

Honours

Ganzoni was knighted in the

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. On 1 March 1929, his

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cy was announced and he was created a Baronet, of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk for "political and public services" on 30 March 1929. In the 1938 New Year Honours, his barony for "political and public services" was announced and he was raised to the peerage as Baron Belstead, of Ipswich, Suffolk, on 28 January 1938. He was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS).

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