Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale
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William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale CBE CH (30 August 1897 – 19 December 1974), known as Ian Fraser, was a British politician in the Conservative Party.
A Captain in the British Army in the First World War, he was blinded at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He was chairman of St. Dunstan's, the independent charity for blind servicemen and women, for 52 years.
He was MP for St. Pancras North from 1924-1929 and 1931-1937 and for Lonsdale from 1940-1958. He was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1953.
In 1958, he was the first person to be created a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958, at the instigation of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He was created Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, of Regent's Park in the County of London on 1 August 1958
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| Preceded by: James Marley |
Member of Parliament for St. Pancras North 1924–1929 |
Succeeded by: James Marley |
| Preceded by: James Marley |
Member of Parliament for St. Pancras North 1931–1937 |
Succeeded by: Robert Grant Grant-Ferris |
| Preceded by: Lord Balniel |
Member of Parliament for Lonsdale 1940–1950 |
Succeeded by: (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by: (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lonsdale 1960–1958 |
Succeeded by: Basil de Ferranti |
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