Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston, (3 October 1920 – 19 April 1984) was a

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Labour Party politician. Born in

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, Bishop was educated at South Bristol Central School, Merchant Venturers' Technical College and

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. He was an aeronautical design draughtsman. He contested

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in 1950,

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in 1951 and

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in 1955. Bishop was Member of Parliament for Newark from 1964 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the

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Richard Alexander. Bishop was an assistant government whip from 1966 to 1967,

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from 18 April–30 November 1974, and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1974 to 1979. He was sworn of the

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in 1977. After he lost his seat, he was created a

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as Baron Bishopston, ''of Newark in the County of

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'' on 21 May 1981. Lord Bishopston died in

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aged 63.

Personal life

He was married to Winifred and had four daughters: Anne, Mary,

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and Ursula."Bishopston"
''Who Was Who'' (A & C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, April 2014). Retrieved 16 November 2017.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979''

External links

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