Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone

The Lord Aylestone
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
In office
1 August 1966 – 29 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byArthur Bottomley (Commonwealth Relations)
Succeeded byGeorge Thomson
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
In office
16 October 1964 – 11 August 1966
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded bySelwyn Lloyd
(Leader of Commons)
Quintin Hogg
(President of Council)
Succeeded byRichard Crossman
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 November 1967 – 30 April 1994
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Leicester South West
Leicester South (1945–1950)
In office
5 July 1945 – 2 November 1967
Preceded byCharles Waterhouse
Succeeded byTom Boardman
Personal details
Born20 January 1905
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Died30 April 1994(1994-04-30) (aged 89)
Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Political partyILP (until 1936)
Labour (1936–81)
SDP (1981–88)
'Continuing' SDP (1988–90)
Liberal Democrats (1992–94)
Spouses
Louisa Brown
(m. 1928; died 1992)
Vicki Clayton
(m. 1993)

Herbert William Bowden, Baron Aylestone, CH, CBE, PC (20 January 1905 – 30 April 1994) was a British Labour politician.


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