Alexander Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon
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Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon (1902–1977) was a British Labour politician.
Faringdon was the son of Colonel the Hon.Harold Henderson
. He grew up in Shellingford
.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Faringdon
and the estate of Buscot Park
from his grandfather Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon
in 1934.
In the late 1930s he was a member of the Parliamentary Pacifist Group.
Faringdon was the son of Colonel the Hon.Harold Henderson
Harold Henderson
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson CVO , was a British Conservative politician.Born in Brentford, Henderson was the eldest son of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon of Buscot Park in Berkshire , and his wife Jane Ellen...
. He grew up in Shellingford
Shellingford
Shellingford, historically also spelt Shillingford is a village and civil parish about south-east of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 Local Government Act transferred it to Oxfordshire....
.
He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Faringdon
Baron Faringdon
Baron Faringdon, of Buscot Park in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for Sir Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, who had previously represented Stafford West and St George's, Hanover Square in the House of Commons as a Liberal Unionist....
and the estate of Buscot Park
Buscot Park
Buscot Park is a country house at Buscot near the town of Faringdon in Oxfordshire. It was built in an austere neoclassical style between 1780 and 1783 for Edward Loveden Townsend. It remained in the Loveden Townsend family until sold in 1859 to Robert Tertius Campbell, an Australian...
from his grandfather Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon
Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon
Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon, CH , known as Sír Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, from 1902 to 1916, was a British financier and Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament.- Biography :...
in 1934.
In the late 1930s he was a member of the Parliamentary Pacifist Group.