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Encyclopedia > Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall

Francis Storer Eaton Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, born 23 June 1930, in Surrey, England, is the son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall and his wife Olivia, and has served as a soldier, staff officer, diplomat, politician, legislator, businessman, and representative of the Crown in a variety of capacities. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Marshal of the RAF sleeve/shoulder insignia Marshal of the Royal Air Force was the highest rank in the Royal Air Force. ... Flag of the Governor General of New Zealand The Governor-General of New Zealand is the local representative of the Queen of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II, and as such is the highest office in the Government of New Zealand. ... Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall, GCB OM GCMG CBE AM (1886 - 1963) was a British pilot and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and served as Governor-General of New Zealand between 1941 and 1946. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... An aide-de-camp (French: camp assistant) is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A legislator is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ...


Newall resided in his family’s Surrey home before leaving for Cairo upon his father’s appointment as Air Officer Commanding Middle East. There he remained for four years, returning again to Surrey from 1935 to 1941, at which point he and his family were moved to New Zealand following Sir Cyril’s appointment as Governor-General. Unlike the rest of his family, he only remained two years: in 1943, having matriculated to Eton, he returned home, residing there and with strangers and friends of his parents from then through the end of the war and, subsequently, that of his father’s term in 1946. Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... View of the modern citys skyline. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Eton can refer to several things: Eton, Berkshire, a town in England. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...


Newall remained at Eton through 1948, when he volunteered for Army service and was accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He remained there until successfully completing the course in the middle of 1950, at which point (following further gunnery training) he joined the 11th Hussars stationed with the British Army of the Rhine in Osnabruck, Germany. He served there and at Wesendorf for three years, commanding an armored cavalry troop as subaltern before the 11th was transferred to Malaysia (then-British Malaya) in 1953 to combat the increasingly-powerful Communist insurgency there (see Malayan Emergency). During his service there, he served in a variety of roles, including intelligence, domestic pacification, an aide-de-camp to General Sir Charles Loewen, Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces. In 1956 he returned to Britain as adjutant to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, and served in a variety of roles thereafter until his 1961 retirement following contraction of jaundice in Omagh, Northern Ireland. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ... The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known as Sandhurst) is the British Army officer training centre. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 11th Hussars (Prince Alberts Own) was a British Army cavalry regiment. ... There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). ... A troop is a military unit, which can have different meanings depending on the country in which it is used. ... A subaltern is a military term for a junior officer. ... The Federation of Malaya, or in Malay Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, was formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states and replaced the Malayan Union. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... An insurgency is an armed rebellion by any irregular armed force that rises up against an established authority, government, or administration. ... Malayan emergency was an insurrection and guerilla war of Malay Races Liberation Army in Malaysia from 1948-1960. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jaundice, technically known as icterus, is yellowing of the skin, sclera (eyes) and mucous membranes caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the system. ... Omagh (Irish Gaelic, An Ómaigh) is the county town (and largest town) of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ...


At this point, Newall entered the business world. He joined Arthur Guinness & Son and subsequently helped found Harp Lager. During this time he acceded to the peerage following his father’s death in 1963, assuming his seat in the House of Lords as the Lord Newall. He remained with Guinness until 1966, taking a position as public relations spokesmen for Schweppes USA, Ltd, during which time he took a home in the American state of Connecticut. He returned to the UK in 1972 as managing director for Neilson McCarthy Public Relations, a position he held until 1975. He has continued to be involved in business since, and presently serves as Chairman of Code Circus Ltd, a web design company. See also Guinness Book of Records. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Cadbury-Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett) is a chocolate and beverage company with its headquarters in London, UK. Jacob Schweppe developed a method to make mineral water in Switzerland in 1783. ... A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Web design is the design or designing of a Web page, Website or Web application. ...


At this time Lord Newall began to seriously engage in politics. He took his seat as a Conservative member of the Lords shortly following the return to power of Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and served as an opposition spokesman and whip from 1976, his tenure ending upon the victory and accession to power of Margaret Thatcher. He continued dual involvement in both business and politics through 1983, at which time he entered continental politics as a delegate to the Council of Europe and Western European Union. He continued sitting in the Lords, holding his seat for a total of thirty-seven years and introducing six private members’ bills — four of which were passed — as well as making hundreds of speeches. Since losing his seat per the expulsion of the hereditary peers in the House of Lords Act 1999 he has become Co-Chairman of the Hereditary Peers' Association. He has also acted as a representative of the British parliament and the WEU on several occasions: notably, during annual visits from 1986 through 1993 to Romania, which included private meetings with President Nicolae Ceausescu and members of his government; and, more recently, in Azerbaijan. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Right Honourable James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC (March 11, 1916 – May 24, 1995) was one of the most successful Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and a 1960s icon. ... A whip is a tapered flexible length of either a single cord or plaited (braided) leather or other material, commonly with a stiff handle. ... MARGARET THATCHER IS A WAR CRIMINAL. ARREST HER IMMEDIATELY. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg The Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. ... Not to be confused with the European Union, the Western European Union (WEU) is said by some to be a partially dormant European defence and security organization composed of those states members of both NATO and the EU. Interestingly, however, New York Universitys published work (Holyworth and Jolyon) Defending... A Private Members Bill is a proposed law introduced by a member of parliament, whether from the government or the opposition side, to that legislature or parliament. ... The House of Lords Act 1999, an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament, was a major constitutional enactment as it completely reformed one of the chambers of Parliament, the House of Lords. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This is a list of Presidents of Romania: Note: The official function of President of Romania did not exist until March 1974. ... Nicolae Ceauşescu. ...


Lord Newall also takes active interests in both sports and charity work. He served for twelve years as chairman of the British Greyhound Racing Board and president of the World Greyhound Racing Association. He is at present a president of SPANA, the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad, chairman of the Lord Barnby Charitable Association and of the British Moroccan Society, and a committee member for the Not Forgotten Association, which works to provide services for disabled British servicepeople. He is also honorary president of the Committee for Release of Tindouf Prisoners, which campaigns for the release of four-hundred-and-eight of the longest-held prisoners-of-war in the world.


Lord Newall has three children — daughter Miranda and sons Richard and David — and seven grandchildren with his wife of forty-eight years, Panna. The garden of his home in Buckinghamshire, where he has resided for thirty years, is open to the public. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in south central England. ...


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Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron Newall, GCB OM GCMG CBE AM (1886 - 1963) was a British pilot and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and served as Governor-General of New Zealand between 1941 and 1946. ... Baron Newall is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...


 
 

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