Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing CMG QC was a British barrister and politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Hornchurch from 1945 to 1955.
11 Facts About Geoffrey Bing
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Geoffrey Bing graduated with a second-class degree in 1931, before attending Princeton University, where he was a Jane Eliza Procter Visiting Fellow between 1932 and 1933.
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Geoffrey Bing was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1934.
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Always a radical and a member of the socialist left, Geoffrey Bing was active in the Haldane Society and the National Council for Civil Liberties.
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At the 1945 general election, Geoffrey Bing stood for Labour in Hornchurch, winning the seat.
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Geoffrey Bing was re-elected in 1950 and 1951, serving until 1955.
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Geoffrey Bing took a particular interest in the cases of Timothy Evans and John Christie, and he supported the campaign to overturn the conviction of Evans, which was ultimately successful.
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Geoffrey Bing supported Communist China and took a keen interest in Northern Ireland, the brewers' monopoly and parliamentary procedure.
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Geoffrey Bing was a lawyer, building up a practice in West Africa.
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Geoffrey Bing became close to Kwame Nkrumah, the first post-colonial president of Ghana and was appointed Ghana's attorney-general, a post he held until 1961.
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When Nkrumah was ousted in 1966, Geoffrey Bing was arrested and ill-treated, before being sent home some months later.