Michael Higgs (politician)
Sir John Michael Clifford Higgs DL (30 May 1912 – 20 October 1995)[1] was a solicitor from Brierley Hill who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove from 1950 to 1955.
Early life and family
Higgs was the son of Alert W. Higgs, a solicitor from Lye in Worcestershire.[2]
He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at the University of Birmingham, where he graduated with an LL.B.[2] He was admitted as a solicitor in 1934.[2]
He married twice: first in May 1936 to Diana Louise Jerrams (died 1950) of Springfield Clent, and secondly in June 1952 to Rachel Mary Jones, from Pedmore, Stourbridge.[2]
Career
During World War II he served with the Royal Artillery from 1939 to 1942, and then from 1942 to 1946 as a member of the Judge Advocate-General's staff.[2]
He was a member of Staffordshire County Council from 1946 to 1949, and of Worcestershire County Council from 1953 to 1973, serving as the chairman of the latter from to 1959 to 1973.[2] He was then chairman of Hereford and Worcester County Council from 1973 to 1977.[2]
He was elected at the 1950 general election as the MP for the newly created Bromsgrove division of Worcestershire.[3] He was re-elected in 1951,[4] and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1955 general election.
He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire in August 1968,[5] and it was announced in the 1969 New Year Honours that he was to be knighted.[6] The knighthood was conferred on 11 February 1969, in Buckingham Palace.[7]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 166. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38856. p. 1162. 7 March 1950. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 39372. p. 5665. 30 October 1951. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44652. p. 8752. 9 August 1968. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44740. pp. 1–2. 20 December 1968. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44790. p. 1705. 14 February 1969. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Michael Higgs
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove 1950 – 1955 |
Succeeded by James Dance |