1. Angus Maude was the father of former Conservative MP Francis Maude.
14 Facts About Angus Maude
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Angus Maude was educated, mainly in Classics, at Rugby School, then attended Oriel College, Oxford, where he obtained a second-class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1933.
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Angus Maude became a journalist and author, working on The Times and the Daily Mail.
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Angus Maude was captured in North Africa, becoming a POW in Italy.
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Angus Maude was later moved to Germany, where he was freed by forces under General George S Patton.
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Angus Maude was elected Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ealing South at the 1950 general election.
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Angus Maude continued to work in journalism, and was Director of the Conservative Political Centre from 1951 to 1955.
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Angus Maude attempted to return to Parliament, at first being beaten by the Labour Party's Guy Barnett by 704 votes in a 1962 by-election at South Dorset, where the Conservative vote was split.
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Angus Maude was then elected to represent the constituency of Stratford-on-Avon in a a by-election in 1963, where he remained until retiring in 1983.
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Angus Maude was shadow aviation spokesman, but was sacked in 1967 by Edward Heath after criticising party policy.
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Angus Maude gave up his seat at the 1983 general election, and was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer on 19 September 1983, taking the title Baron Angus Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon, of Stratford-upon-Avon in the County of Warwickshire.
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Angus Maude was nicknamed "The Mekon" because of his prominent forehead and overbearing manner.
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In 1949 Angus Maude co-authored a book "The English Middle Classes" with English writer and small press printer Roy Lewis,.
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In 1955 Angus Maude co-authored a book "The Biography of a Nation" with fellow Conservative MP, Enoch Powell.