Samuel Segal, Baron Segal
Samuel Segal, Baron Segal, MRCS, LRCP, MA (Oxon) (2 April 1902 – 4 June 1985) was a British doctor and Labour Party politician who became Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.
Early life
Samuel Segal was the son of Moshe Zvi Segal and the elder brother of Judah Segal. He was born at Oxford in April 1902 to a Jewish household, and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1909 with his family. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, Jesus College, Oxford (Exhibitioner; Honorary Fellow, 1966), and Westminster Hospital (Scholar).
Medical career
He was a casualty Surgeon at Westminster Hospital then a Senior Clinical Assistant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He served on several London County Council Hospital Committees.
Following the start of World War II, he joined RAFVR Medical Branch, October 1939. He served in Aden 1940, Western Desert 1941, Syrian Campaign 1941. He was attached to the Greek Air Force, 1941; Squadron Leader, 1942; Senior Medical Officer RAF Naval Co-operation Group in Mediterranean, 1942. He was on the Headquarters Staff Middle East, 1943–44 and the Air Ministry Medical Staff, 1944-45.
He was a regional medical officer for the Ministry of Health, 1951-62.
Political career
After unsuccessfully fighting the Tynemouth seat at the 1935 general election, he was stood again unsuccessfully at the Birmingham Aston by-election in May 1939. However, at the 1945 general election he was elected for Preston.
He advised Aneurin Bevan on the attitudes of medical practitioners to the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. He spoke against Government policy in Palestine and in favour of the creation of Israel.
The Preston constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, when Segal stood for the new Preston North seat, but lost by 938 votes to the Conservative candidate, Julian Amery.[1]
On 18 December 1964, he was created a life peer as Baron Segal, of Wytham in the Royal County of Berkshire.[2] In the House of Lords he was Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees from 1973-82.
Other posts
Lord Segal was chairman of the British Association for the Retarded, the National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children (now Mencap), the Anglo-Israel Association and the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Association. He was a governor of Carmel College, and life governor of Manchester College.
Notes
- ↑ UK general election results, February 1950
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43519. p. 10824. 18 December 1964.
References
- Who's Who
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Segal, Ben (1993) Sam: Lord Segal of Wytham, 1902-1985: a memoir. (Privately published pamphlet.)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Samuel Segal
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| Preceded by Randolph Churchill and Edward Charles Cobb |
Member of Parliament for Preston 1945–1950 With: John Sunderland, to 1946 Edward Shackleton, 1946–1950 |
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