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ColonelDouglas GloverTD
Member of Parliament
for Ormskirk
In office
12 November 1953 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byArthur Salter
Succeeded byHarold Soref
Personal details
Born(1908-02-13)February 13, 1908
London, England
Died15 January 1982(1982-01-15) (aged 73)
Political partyConservative

Colonel Sir Douglas Glover, TD (13 February 1908 – 15 January 1982) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament for Ormskirk, in Lancashire, from 1953 until 1970, and was a colonel in the Army during World War II. Sometime Chairman of the Conservative Party and of the British Anti-Slavery Society.

Biography

Glover was educated at Giggleswick School, where he was later became a governor, and where the "Sir Douglas Glover Memorial Lecture" is held periodically in his memory.

On leaving school in 1925 he entered the family textile business, S.B. Glover & Co. Ltd., eventually becoming managing director. He also served for many years on the council of the Wholesale Textile Association of Great Britain.

In 1934, Glover married first wife Agnes May Brown; she died in 1976. Later that year, he married Margaret Eleanor Hurlimann.

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Glover was a subaltern in the 7th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, TA; in 1945, he was appointed to the command of the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment in North-West Europe; and, from 1947-50, he commanded the 9th Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, TA. For his services in the Netherlands, he was made Knight Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1947.

After the war, Glover returned to the family business, whilst also contesting the parliamentary seats of Blackburn in 1945, and Stalybridge and Hyde in both 1950 and 1951 before being elected as the member for Ormskirk in a 1953 by-election, which he represented until 1970. Glover was knighted in 1960.

In later life, he moved to Switzerland where Baroness Thatcher, a close friend, would often spend her summer holidays visiting Sir Douglas and his wife. Glover died of cancer in Switzerland in January 1982. He was 73. Thatcher attended his Swiss funeral service and the Duke of Edinburgh was represented at this London memorial service.

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Historical List of MPs". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Deaths: Glover". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 20 January 1982. p. 32. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Sir Douglas Glover". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 20 January 1982. p. 16. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Life of the Month - Colonel Sir Douglas Glover". Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. "Honours and Awards". The London Gazette (41953): 1081. 12 February 1960.
  6. ^ Hutchins, Chris (15 August 1982). "Maggie in Paradise: Swiss Castle Hideaway for Thatchers". Sunday Mirror. London, England. p. 15. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  7. "Court Circular". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 27 February 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 17 January 2025.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byArthur Salter Member of Parliament for Ormskirk
1953–1970 		Succeeded byHarold Soref


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