- Walter Loveys
Walter Harris Loveys, sometimes known as Bill Loveys (
2 November ,1920 –7 March ,1969 ) was a British farmer and politician.Loveys was educated at
Lancing College but had no interest in a further academic career, as he had a job waiting for him on the 500 acre family farm. He built up a herd ofpedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle.In 1953 Loveys was made Chairman of
Chichester Conservative Association, and elected toWest Sussex County Council. On the council he chaired the Agricultural Education Committee. When Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, MP for Chichester, inherited a peerage in 1958, Loveys was selected from 71 applicants to fight the byelection to replace him. The selection was somewhat controversial and some members of the Conservative Association were reported to be looking for an independent candidate to support instead, but such a candidate could not be found and Loveys duly won the seat.In Parliament Loveys was not a prominent member. He was Honorary Secretary of the House of Commons Motor Club, and also had his farming experience acknowledged in the horticulture sub-committee of the Conservative private members' committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He had already announced his retirement when he died suddenly at his home in March 1969.
References
* Obituary, "The Times",
8 March ,1969 .
* M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" (Harvester Press, 1981)
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