Charles Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy

Charles James Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy, OBE (10 December 1906 – 5 September 1974) was a British Labour Party politician.

An insurance agent, Garnsworthy was elected a Labour member of the Surrey County Council in 1952, was Alderman between 1966 and 1974, and was leader of the Labour group in the Council.[1]

He contested the Reigate constituency as a Labour candidate at the 1945, 1950, 1951 1955, 1959, and 1964 general elections, each time unsuccessfully. On 19 September 1967, he was created a life peer, as Baron Garnsworthy, of Reigate in the County of Surrey. He was appointed a Lord in Waiting in March 1974, but died in September of the same year.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lord Garnsworthy". The Times. 6 September 1974. p. 16.
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