Harold Woolley, Baron Woolley
Harold Woolley, Baron Woolley, CBE (6 February 1905 – 31 July 1986) was a British farmer and life peer who served as the President of the National Farmers' Union between 1960 and 1966.[1]
Life and career
Woolley was the son of William Woolley, JP and Eleanor Woolley, and was educated at the Woodhouse Grove School. A leading Cheshire farmer, he was elected as the Cheshire delegate to the National Farmers' Union in 1943, before chairing the NFU Parliamentary Committee between 1947 and 1957.[2] He then served as the NUS' Vice President and Deputy President on several occasions, before serving as its President between 1960 and 1966.[2]
Woolley was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1958 Birthday Honours[3] and was made a Knight Bachelor in 1964 Birthday Honours "for services to farming".[4][5] On 18 January 1967, Woolley was created a life peer as Baron Woolley, of Hatton in the County Palatine of Chester.[6] In the House of Lords he sat as a crossbencher.[7] He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1969.
Family
Woolley married Martha Annie Jeffs, with whom he had four sons, in 1926; she died in 1936. He then married Hazel Eileen Archer Jones, with whom he had two daughters, in 1937. Lady Woolley died in 1975.[2]
References
- ↑ National Farmers' Union. "100 Years of the NFU: Key events and legislation 1908-2008". Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- 1 2 3 Woolley, Baron,. Who Was Who. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41404. p. 3523. 12 June 1958.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43343. p. 4938. 13 June 1964.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43390. p. 6313. 24 July 1964.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44229. p. 671. 19 January 1967.
- ↑ "Lord Woolley". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Woolley