Anthony Hurd, Baron Hurd

Anthony Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd (2 May 1901 - 12 February 1966) was a British politician and former Conservative member of parliament for Newbury.

He was first elected to the Newbury constituency in the 1945 general election and won each successive election in Newbury until standing down before the 1964 general election. He was knighted for his political service.

On 24 August 1964 he was granted a life peerage with the title Baron Hurd, of Newbury in the Royal County of Berkshire which allowed him to take up a seat in the House of Lords. He died just two years later at the age of 64.

His father, Sir Percy Hurd, was also an MP for Devizes; his son, Douglas Hurd, was the MP for Mid-Oxfordshire and also a former Foreign Secretary. His grandson, Nick Hurd is the MP for Ruislip-Northwood.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p19144.htm Sir Anthony Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd, at thePeerage.com]