Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford
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Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford, Baron Trafford (20 July 1932 – 16 September 1989) was a British
Conservative Party
politician and consultant physician. He was educated at Charterhouse
and Guy's Hospital Medical School where he won the Gold Medal before attending Johns Hopkins University
in Baltimore
as a Fellow in Medicine and a Fulbright Scholar. He returned to take up an appointment as consultant physician at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
. He became Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sussex
.
At the 1970 general election
, he was elected as Member of Parliament
for the marginal seat of The Wrekin, but lost his seat in the February 1974 general election
to Labour
candidate Gerald Fowler
, whom he had defeated in 1970. After the loss of his seat, Trafford was given a life peer
age as Baron Trafford, of Falmer in the County of East Sussex
. He died in 1989, aged 57.
He was appointed as Minister of State for Health some three months prior to his death.
United Kingdom
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Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician and consultant physician. He was educated at Charterhouse
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
and Guy's Hospital Medical School where he won the Gold Medal before attending Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in Baltimore
Baltimore
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as a Fellow in Medicine and a Fulbright Scholar. He returned to take up an appointment as consultant physician at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
Royal Sussex County Hospital
The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute teaching hospital in Brighton, England. Together with the Princess Royal Hospital , it is administered by the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust...
. He became Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
.
At the 1970 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1970
The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...
, he was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for the marginal seat of The Wrekin, but lost his seat in the February 1974 general election
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
to Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
candidate Gerald Fowler
Gerald Fowler
Gerald Teasdale Fowler was a British Labour Party politician.Fowler was educated at Northampton Grammar School where he was a friend of Bernard later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford and Frankfurt University...
, whom he had defeated in 1970. After the loss of his seat, Trafford was given a life peer
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
age as Baron Trafford, of Falmer in the County of East Sussex
East Sussex
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. He died in 1989, aged 57.
He was appointed as Minister of State for Health some three months prior to his death.