Samuel Segal, Baron Segal, MRCS, LRCP, (2 April 1902 – 4 June 1985) was a British doctor and Labour Party politician who became Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

Early life

Samuel Segal was the son of Moshe Zvi Segal and the elder brother of Judah Segal. He was born at Oxford in April 1902 to a Jewish household, and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1909 with his family. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, Jesus College, Oxford ( Exhibitioner; Honorary Fellow, 1966), and Westminster Hospital (Scholar).

Medical career

He was a casualty Surgeon at Westminster Hospital then a Senior Clinical Assistant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He served on several London County Council Hospital Committees. Following the start of World War II, he joined

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Medical Branch, October 1939. He served in

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1940, Western Desert 1941,

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1941. He was attached to the Greek Air Force, 1941; Squadron Leader, 1942; Senior Medical Officer RAF Naval Co-operation Group in Mediterranean, 1942. He was on the Headquarters Staff Middle East, 1943–44 and the Air Ministry Medical Staff, 1944–45. He was a regional medical officer for the

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, 1951–62.

Political career

After unsuccessfully fighting the

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seat at the 1935 general election, he was stood again unsuccessfully at the Birmingham Aston by-election in May 1939. However, at the

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he was elected for

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. He advised

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on the attitudes of medical practitioners to the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. He spoke against Government policy in

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and in favour of the creation of Israel. The Preston constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, when Segal stood for the new Preston North seat, but lost by 938 votes to the Conservative candidate, Julian Amery. On 18 December 1964, he was created a

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as Baron Segal, of Wytham in the Royal County of Berkshire. In the House of Lords he was Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees from 1973 to 1982.

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References

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'' * * * * Segal, Ben (1993) Sam: Lord Segal of Wytham, 1902-1985: a memoir. (Privately published pamphlet.)

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