Baron Lucas of Chilworth, of Chilworth in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1946 for the businessman and Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician George Lucas

George Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth

George William Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth , was a British businessman and Labour politician.Lucas was the son of Percy William Lucas of Oxford. He was involved in the motor trade industry and served during the Second World War as Chairman of the National Joint Industrial Council of the...

. He later served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard

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 in the Labour government

Labour Government 1945-1951

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 of Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

. His son, the second Baron, sat in contrast to his father on the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 benches in the House of Lords

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 and served under Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

 as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 1984 to 1987. the title is held by his eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 2001.

The Hon. Sir Ivor Lucas, second son of the first Baron, served as British Ambassador to Syria from 1982 to 1984.

Barons Lucas of Chilworth (1946)

• George William Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth
  George Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth
  George William Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Chilworth , was a British businessman and Labour politician.Lucas was the son of Percy William Lucas of Oxford. He was involved in the motor trade industry and served during the Second World War as Chairman of the National Joint Industrial Council of the...
  
   (1896–1967)
• Michael William George Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth
  Michael Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth
  Michael William George Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth , was a British peer and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
  
  (1926–2001)
• Simon William Lucas, 3rd Baron Lucas of Chilworth (b. 1957)