Douglas Clifton Brown (16 August 1879 - 5 May 1958) was a British politician, and later was created Viscount Ruffside. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Viscount Ruffside, of Hexham in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was MP for Hexham from 1918 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1951. He was Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1943 to 1951. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a prestigious and internationally known Public School for boys. ... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... Hexham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ...

Speakers of the House of Commons (20th Century)
William Court Gully | James William Lowther | John Henry Whitley | Edward FitzRoy | Douglas Clifton Brown | William Morrison | Harry Hylton-Foster | Horace King | Selwyn Lloyd | George Thomas | Bernard Weatherill | Betty Boothroyd

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... Edward Algernon Fitzroy was born on the 24 July 1869, second son of the 3rd Lord Southampton. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... There have been a number of people known as William Morrison: William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, British MP and Governor-General of Australia William Morrison, former Member of the Australian House of Representatives William Morrison, founder of Wm Morrison Supermarkets. ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... Image File history File links Portcullis_parliament. ... William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby (August 29, 1835 - November 6, 1909), Speaker of the British House of Commons, was the son of Dr James Manby Gully of Malvern. ... James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater PC GCB JP DL (1 April 1855–27 March 1949) was a British Conservative politician. ... John Henry Whitley was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period. ... Edward Algernon Fitzroy was born on the 24 July 1869, second son of the 3rd Lord Southampton. ... Lord Dunrossil William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil (8 October 1893 - 3 February 1961), 14th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Scotland and educated at Edinburgh University. ... Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster, (April 10, 1905 – September 2, 1965), was a British Conservative politician who served as an MP from 1950 until his death. ... Dr. Horace Maybray King, (May 25, 1901 – September 3, 1986), was a British politician who served as a Labour MP from 1950 until 1970 before becoming a life peer. ... John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd (28 July 1904 - 18 May 1978), known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative politician. ... The Right Honourable Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (29 January 1909 - 22 September 1997) was a British Labour politician. ... The Right Honourable Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, born 25 November 1920 in Guildford, Surrey to Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883 - 1962) and Annie Gertrude Weatherill (nee Creak) (1886 - 1966) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Rt. ...

External links

• thepeerage.com
• National Portrait Gallery