Valentine McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee

Valentine La Touche McEntee, 1st Baron McEntee CBE (16 January 1871 – 11 February 1953) was an Irish-born Labour Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom.

Career

In 1920, McEntee became a local councillor for the Labour Party in Walthamstow. He went on to become MP for Walthamstow West from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1950, and served Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Works, George Hicks, from 1942 to 1945. He was also Mayor of Walthamstow from 1929 to 1930 and 1951 to 1952. He was appointed a CBE in 1948 and, in 1951, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron McEntee, of Walthamstow in the County of Essex,^[1] in recognition of his "political and public services".^[2]

References

^ "No. 39278". The London Gazette. 6 July 1951. p. 3684.
^ "No. 39243". The London Gazette. 1 June 1951. p. 3061.

Sources

"Valentine McEntee", Dictionary of Labour Biography, volume X.
Socialist Party of Great Britain (1904–1913 membership register)

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Jesson	Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West 1922 – 1924	Succeeded by Horace Crawfurd
Preceded by Horace Crawfurd	Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West 1929 – 1950	Succeeded by Clement Attlee
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron McEntee 1951 – 1953	Extinct

[1] "No. 39278". The London Gazette. 6 July 1951. p. 3684.

[2] "No. 39243". The London Gazette. 1 June 1951. p. 3061.

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