The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 14 December 1947 – 10 August 1958 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley |
Member of Parliament for Paisley | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 14 December 1947 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Maclay |
Succeeded by | Douglas Johnston |
Member of Parliament for Dudley | |
In office 30 May 1929 – 7 October 1931 | |
Preceded by | Cyril Edward Lloyd |
Succeeded by | Dudley Jack Barnato Joel |
Personal details | |
Born | St Ermin's Mansions, London, England | 1 March 1899
Died | 10 August 1958 Mile End, London, England | (aged 59)
Political party | Labour |
Domestic partner | John Boyle |
Parents | |
Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1 March 1899 – 10 August 1958), known as Viscount Corvedale from 1937 to 1947, was a British socialist politician who had a career at political odds with his father, the Conservative prime minister Stanley Baldwin.
Educated at Eton, which he hated, Baldwin left as soon as he could. After serving in the army during the First World War he undertook various jobs, including a brief appointment as an officer in the Armenian army, and wrote journalism and books on a range of topics. He served two terms as a Labour Member of Parliament between 1929 and 1947.
Baldwin never achieved ministerial office in Britain. His last post was as Governor of the Leeward Islands, from 1948 to 1950.