Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone
The Lord Aylestone | |
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Bowden in 1965 | |
| Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 1 August 1966 – 29 August 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Arthur Bottomley (Commonwealth Relations) |
| Succeeded by | George Thomson |
| Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 16 October 1964 – 11 August 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Selwyn Lloyd (Leader of Commons) Quintin Hogg (President of Council) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Crossman |
| Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
| In office 10 June 1955 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Deputy | Ernest Popplewell (1955–59) John Taylor (1959–62) Edward Short (1962–64) |
| Leader | Clement Attlee Hugh Gaitskell George Brown Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | William Whiteley |
| Succeeded by | Martin Redmayne |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
| In office 6 November 1951 – 10 June 1955 | |
| Leader | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Cedric Drewe |
| Succeeded by | Ernest 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 by | Charles Waterhouse |
| Succeeded by | Tom Boardman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1905 Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Died | 30 April 1994 (aged 89) Worthing, West Sussex, UK |
| Political party | ILP (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) |
| Parent | Herbert Bowden & Henrietta Gould |
Herbert William Bowden, Baron Aylestone (20 January 1905 – 30 April 1994) was a British Labour politician.