Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood

British politician

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1917

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1989

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood, MC, DL (27 January 1917 – 6 April 1989) was a British Army officer, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Lewes (1945–1974), and 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 in May 1974. Beamish's father was Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish who served in the Royal Navy until 1925 when he retired with the rank of rear admiral.
He had followed his career in the navy by entering politics and served as the member of Parliament for Lewes from 1924 until 1931 and again from 1936 until 1945. He was Deputy President of Sussex Wildlife Trust from 1967 until 1978.