Anthony Beaumont-Dark
Sir Anthony Michael Beaumont-Dark(11 October 1932 – 2 April 2006) was a Britishpolitician.
Early life and education[edit]
He was born in Birmingham on 11 October 1932 to Leonard Cecil Dark and Madeline (née Beaumont), who retired toMundesley,Norfolk.[1][2]His father was managing director of the Silas Hyde engineering/ sheet metal firm in Birmingham, working there for 49 years, and during theSecond World Warwas "one of the men to design the famousblock-buster bomb".[3][4]
Beaumont-Dark was educated at Cedarhurst School, Solihull; Shirley College; Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts; andBirmingham University.
Career[edit]
He trained as an investment analyst and became a stockbroker by profession.[5]
He was aConservativeCity Councillor forBirminghamfrom 1956 to 1967, and stood unsuccessfully forBirmingham Astonin1959and1964.Subsequently, he becameMPfor the constituency ofBirmingham Selly Oakfrom 1979 to 1992. According toThe Guardian,he was known for being a "rent-a-quote" MP who would deliver a pithy and memorable comment on almost any public issue.[6]
He defeatedTom Litterickof theLabour Partyin 1979, and served as a backbencher until his defeat in the1992 general electionby DrLynne Jones,the Labour candidate. He was knighted the same year.
References[edit]
- ^People of Today, 2006, Debrett's Ltd, p. 110
- ^Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 173rd edition, Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd, 1992, p. 415
- ^Obituary- Leonard Cecil Dark, Birmingham Daily Post, Thursday 08 February 1968
- ^Roth, Andrew (5 April 2006)."Sir Anthony Beaumont-Dark".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved29 May2024.
- ^"Sir Anthony Beaumont-Dark".The Daily Telegraph.London. 4 April 2006.Retrieved1 January2019.
- ^Sir Anthony Beaumont-Dark,Andrew Roth,The Guardian,5 April 2006
External links[edit]
- In the House of CommonsChancellor of the ExchequerNigel Lawsonuses an answer to a written question by Sir Anthony to announce the phasing out of the halfpenny coinBBC News,1 February 1984.
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