1. Lionel Heald was educated at Charterhouse, then served in France and Italy during World War I in the Royal Engineers, and was awarded the Italian Bronze Medal of Military Valor.
13 Facts About Lionel Heald
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Lionel Heald was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1923.
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Lionel Heald was a St Pancras borough councillor from 1934 until 1937.
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At the 1950 general election, Lionel Heald was elected as member of parliament for the Chertsey constituency in Surrey, having been previously defeated in St Pancras South West in the 1945 general election.
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Lionel Heald held the seat until his retirement at the 1970 general election.
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Lionel Heald introduced the Common Informers Act 1951 as a Private Member's Bill.
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Lionel Heald served as Attorney General in Winston Churchill's government from 1951 to 1954, receiving the customary knighthood upon appointment.
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Lionel Heald prosecuted John Christie and the poisoner Louisa May Merrifield in 1953.
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Lionel Heald was made a Privy Counsellor in the 1954 New Years Honours List.
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Lionel Heald helped Margaret Thatcher introduce the Public Bodies Act 1960, similar to a bill that he had proposed years earlier, in her maiden speech.
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Lady Lionel Heald trained at the Queen's Nursing Institute prior to her marriage and from 1950 became vice-president of the Royal College of Nursing.
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Lionel Heald was chairman of the National Gardens Scheme from 1951 to 1979, and opened the gardens at Chilworth for fundraising events for Marie Curie Cancer Care and other medical charities.
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Lionel Heald lived at Chilworth Manor, Surrey, where he died on 8 November 1981, aged 84.