Harry Hylton-Foster

The Right Honourable Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
1960 portrait of Hylton-Foster dressed in the Speaker′s robes.

Speaker of the House of Commons
In office 20 October 1959 – 2 September 1965
Preceded by	William Morrison
Succeeded by	Horace King
Solicitor General
In office 1954–1959
Preceded by	Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller
Succeeded by	Sir Jocelyn Simon
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Cities of London and Westminster
In office 8 October 1959 – 2 September 1965
Preceded by	Sir Harold Webbe
Succeeded by	John Smith
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for York
In office 23 February 1950 – 8 October 1959
Preceded by	John Corlett
Succeeded by	Charles Longbottom
Personal details
Born	10 April 1905 Surrey, United Kingdom
Died	2 September 1965(1965-09-02) (aged 60)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster PC (10 April 1905 – 2 September 1965), was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 until his death. He was also the Speaker of the House of Commons for the final six years of his life.

Early life

Hylton-Foster was born in Surrey, his father was a barrister, and he was educated at Eton College before reading jurisprudence at Magdalen College, Oxford, in which he graduated with a first-class degree. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1928, at which time he was also working as a legal secretary for Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay.

Military service

During World War II Hylton-Foster served in the Royal Air Force volunteer reserve. He also served as a deputy judge advocate, a military judge, in North Africa.

Political career

After the end of the war, he stood as a candidate for the Shipley seat in the 1945 general election, but was unsuccessful. However, in the 1950 election he succeeded in taking the York seat, a seat he held for the next two elections before standing for the safer seat for the Cities of London and Westminster in the 1959 election. He was made King's Counsel in 1947.

Harry Hylton-Foster funerary monument, St Barnabas Church, Ranmore Common, Surrey

In 1954 Hylton-Foster was named as the Solicitor General for England and Wales, receiving the customary knighthood. The fact that he was serving as the Solicitor General when he was named as the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1959 was a source of some controversy, which was compounded by the fact that the Labour Party felt they had been insufficiently consulted about the nomination. However, once the controversy died down Hylton-Foster proved to be a popular and respected Speaker. He died suddenly in 1965 whilst still in office. His wife, Audrey, was given a life peerage as Baroness Hylton-Foster in his honour the same year.

Personal life

Hylton-Foster and his wife are buried together in the churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Ranmore Common, Surrey.

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Harry Hylton-Foster

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Corlett	Member of Parliament for the City of York 1950–1959	Succeeded by Charles Longbottom
Preceded by Sir Harold Webbe	Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster 1959–1965	Succeeded by John Smith
Preceded by William Morrison	Speaker of the House of Commons 1959–1965	Succeeded by Dr. Horace King
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1954–1959	Succeeded by Sir Jocelyn Simon

Speakers of the House of Commons

House of Commons
of England

14th century	Hungerford De la Mare Pickering Guildesborough Waldegrave Pickering Bussy Cheney Doreward Savage Redford Savage

15th century	Esturmy Tiptoft Chaucer Stourton Doreward Hungerford Chaucer Redman Beauchamp Flower Hunt Chaucer Baynard Flower Russell Walton Vernon Tyrell Alington, Sr. Tyrell Russell Hunt Bowes Tyrell Burley W. Tresham Burley W. Tresham Say Popham I W. Tresham Oldhall Thorpe Charlton Wenlock T. Tresham Green Strangeways Say Alington Jr. Wood Catesby Lovell Mordaunt Fitzwilliam Empson Drury Englefield

16th century	Dudley Englefield Sheffield Nevill More Audley Wingfield Rich Hare Moyle Baker Dyer Pollard Broke Higham Cordell Gargrave T. Williams Onslow Wray Bell Popham II Puckering Snagge Coke Yelverton

17th century	Croke Phelips R. Crewe Richardson T. Crewe H. Finch J. Finch Glanville Lenthall Pelham Lenthall Rous (Barebones Parliament) Lenthall Widdrington (2nd Protectorate Parliament) Chute, Long & Bampfield (3rd Protectorate Parliament) Lenthall Grimston Turnour Charlton Seymour Sawyer Seymour Gregory W. Williams Trevor Powle Trevor Foley Littleton

18th century	Harley Smith

House of Commons
of Great Britain

18th century	Smith R. Onslow Bromley Hanmer Compton A. Onslow Cust Norton Cornwall Grenville Addington

House of Commons
of the United Kingdom

19th century	Addington Mitford Abbot Manners-Sutton Abercromby Shaw-Lefevre Denison Brand Peel Gully

20th century	Lowther Whitley FitzRoy Brown Morrison Hylton-Foster King Lloyd Thomas Weatherill Boothroyd

21st century	Martin Bercow

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