Sir Peter Geoffrey Roberts, 3rd Baronet (23 June 1912 – 22 July 1985) was a British
Conservative Party
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politician.
He was elected at the
1945 general election as
member of parliament
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(MP) for
Sheffield Ecclesall. When that constituency was abolished for the
1950 general election, he was elected for the newly created
Sheffield Heeley
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constituency. He retired from
Parliament
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at the
1966 election, when the seat was taken by
Labour
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candidate
Frank Hooley
Frank Oswald Hooley (30 November 1923 – 21 January 2015) was an English Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician.
Political career
Hooley contested Skipton (UK Parliament constituency), Skipton at the 1959 United Kingdom general election, 19 ...
.
Sir Peter married Judith Hempson in 1939: they had a son and four daughters. Sir Peter was succeeded as Baronet by his son Samuel, married to Georgina Cory since 1977. Lady Roberts and Sir Samuel run the
Cockley Cley
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History
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Estate near
Swaffham
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. Lady Roberts became the first woman Chairman of the Norfolk
Country Landowners Association
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Membership
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.
He was
Sheriff of Hallamshire in 1970.
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1912 births
1985 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1950–1951
UK MPs 1951–1955
UK MPs 1955–1959
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
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