Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston

Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston, PC (3 October 1920 – 19 April 1984) was a British Labour Party politician.

The Right Honourable
Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston
Member of Parliament
In office
1964–1979
Preceded byGeorge Deer
Succeeded byRichard Alexander
ConstituencyNewark
Assistant Government Whip
In office
1966–1967
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
1974–1979
Member of the House of Lords
In office
1981–1984
Personal details
Born3 October 1920
Bristol, United Kingdom
Died19 April 1984
Devon, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
SpouseWinifred
ChildrenAnne, Mary, Frances, Ursula
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
OccupationAeronautical design draughtsman

Born in Bristol, Bishop was educated at South Bristol Central School, Merchant Venturers' Technical College and Bristol University. He was an aeronautical design draughtsman. He contested Bristol West in 1950, Exeter in 1951 and South Gloucestershire in 1955.[1]

Bishop was Member of Parliament for Newark from 1964 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the Conservative Richard Alexander. Bishop was an assistant government whip from 1966 to 1967, and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1974 to 1979.[2]

After he lost his seat, he was created a life peer as Baron Bishopston, of Newark in the County of Nottinghamshire on 21 May 1981.[3]

He was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1977, Giving Him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable" and after ennoblement the Post Nominal Letters "PC" for Life.

Lord Bishopston died in Devon aged 63.

Personal life

He was married to Winifred and had four daughters: Anne, Mary, Frances and Ursula.[4]

References
  1. "Posthumous honour". Newark Advertiser. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. Cretney, Stephen Michael (2003). Family Law in the Twentieth Century: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 780. ISBN 9780198268994.
  3. "No. 48621". The London Gazette. 27 May 1981. p. 7263.
  4. "Bishopston", Who Was Who (A & C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, April 2014). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  • Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
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