Sir Walter Clegg (18 April 1920 – 15 April 1994) was a British

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politician. Clegg contested

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in 1959 and was elected

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for North Fylde in 1966. He became a

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in 1970 and was successively Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1972 and

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from 1973 to 1974. He was MP for Wyre from 1983 until his retirement in 1987.- "Sir Walter Clegg"
- Clegg's profile at www.parliament.uk

Personal life

Clegg was born on 18 April 1920 in

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, the son of a weaver."Nice to have you back where you belong.."
- ''Blackpool Gazette'', 15 April 2013 He was educated at

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, Blackpool's

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and

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Law School. He became a solicitor in 1947, having qualified by a correspondence course conducted from a German

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during

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while serving in the

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. He later became a partner in the firm of Ingham, Clegg and Crowther, on North Albert Street in

Fleetwood Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830 ...

, Lancashire."History and Values"
- Inghams Solicitors In 1951, Clegg began 42 years of marriage to Elise Hargreaves, who was working as a reporter at Blackpool's '' Evening Gazette''. She was assigned to cover the proceedings at the local Magistrate's Court, where her future husband was defending a client. In 1955 he was elected as a

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lor, serving until 1961. Clegg was

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in 1980. In 1984, the

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bombed Brighton's

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. Along with several other people, Clegg, whose bedroom was directly above the explosion, was badly hurt, and spent the majority of his later life in a wheelchair."Obituary: Sir Walter Clegg"
- ''The Independent'', 18 April 1994 Until his wife's death in 1993, they lived together at Beech House on Raikes Road in

Thornton, Lancashire Thornton is a village in the Borough of Wyre, about north of Blackpool and south of Fleetwood. The civil parish of Thornton became an urban district in 1900, and was renamed Thornton-Cleveleys in 1927. In 2011 the Thornton built-up area sub di ...

Death

Clegg died on 15 April 1994 in Fleetwood, aged 73.

References

External links

Clegg's obituary
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