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Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, Baron Hailes ( April 2, 1901- November 5, 1974) was the first and only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from January 3, 1958, to May 31, 1962, when the country was disbanded. Born in the United Kingdom, he was a personal secretary to Winston Churchill before being elected to Parliament in 1929. In 1939 he was appointed a Parliamentary Whip for the Conservative PartyThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. During World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough he served in the military, but returned to politics in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II:, serving as Deputy Whip to 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital and then Chief WhipThe Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. In British politics, when his o. He was Government Chief Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We to 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal. In 1957 he was made a peer with the title of Baron Hailes.
With the formation of the West Indies Federation in response to complaints against British colonialism in the Caribbean, Baron Hailes was appointed the country's first Governor-General and relocated to Port-of-Spain on the island of Trinidad. Four years later, the new state was dissolved and he returned to England, where he served as Chairman of the Historic Buildings Council . He died in 1974.
Buchan-Hepburn, Patrick George Thomas
Buchan-Hepburn, Patrick George Thomas
