Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn, 1st Baronet PC LittD (23 April 1892 – 12 November 1975) was a British academic and politician. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... A Doctor of Letters is a university academic degree. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

The eldest son of Charles Wright Pickthorn, master mariner, and Edith Maud Berkeley Murray,he was educated at Aldenham School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. Aldenham School is a public school and preparatory school located in Hertfordshire, near the village of Aldenham. ... 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 King’s Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street...

He served with the 15th London Regiment and the Royal Air Force in France and Macedonia. He was appointed a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1914, serving as Dean from 1919-1927 and a Tutor from 1927-1935. He was President of the College from 1937-1944. Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Full name The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cambridge Motto There is a toast, Floreat antiqua domus (May the old house flourish), from which the colleges nickname, Old House, is derived Named after The citys Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin...

He served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Cambridge University from 1935-1950 and, on the abolition of University constituencies, for the Carlton Division of Nottinghamshire from 1950-1966. He served in government as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education from 1951 until October 1954. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950. ... Carlton was a constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. ...

He was awarded the degree of LittD by Cambridge University in 1936, created a Baronet in 1959 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1964. The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ...