Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone

The Lord Aylestone
Bowden in 1965
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
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons
In office
10 June 1955  16 October 1964
DeputyErnest Popplewell (1955–59)
John Taylor (1959–62)
Edward Short (1962–64)
LeaderClement Attlee
Hugh Gaitskell
George Brown
Harold Wilson
Preceded byWilliam Whiteley
Succeeded byMartin Redmayne
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons
In office
6 November 1951  10 June 1955
LeaderClement Attlee
Preceded byCedric Drewe
Succeeded byErnest Popplewell
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
Born(1905-01-20)20 January 1905
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Died30 April 1994(1994-04-30) (aged 89)
Worthing, West Sussex, UK
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)
    ParentHerbert Bowden & Henrietta Gould

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