Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood
The Lord Chelwood | |
|---|---|
Beamish in 1969 | |
| Member of Parliament for Lewes | |
| In office 5 July 1945 – 8 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish |
| Succeeded by | Tim Rathbone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish 27 January 1917 Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Died | 6 April 1989 (aged 72) Eastbourne, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses | Janet McMillan Stevenson
(m. 1950; div. 1973)Pia McHenry (m. 1975) |
| Relations | Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish (father) |
| Children | 2 including Claudia |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1937–1945 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Battles/wars | Arab revolt in Palestine World War II |
| Awards | Military Cross |
Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood MC DL (27 January 1917 – 6 April 1989) was a British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament for Lewes for 29 years (1945–1974), and an author.
During the Second World War, he served in France, Belgium (1940), Malaya (1942), India and Burma (1942–43), North Africa and Italy (1943–44). In 1940 he was awarded the Military Cross; was knighted in 1961 and upon his retirement from the House of Commons was created a life peer as Baron Chelwood, of Lewes in the County of East Sussex on 7 May 1974.