Sir Edward Joseph Brown (15 April 1913 – 27 August 1991) was a British

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 Conservative

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 politician.

Brown was educated at the Greencoat School and Morley College

Morley College

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. He became a laboratory technician working with non-ferrous metals. He served as a councillor on Tottenham Borough Council

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 from 1956 to 1962 and as chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations

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 from 1959 to 1960.

Brown contested Stalybridge and Hyde in 1959.
He was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Bath

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 from 1964 to 1979, preceding Christopher Patten. In the October 1974 general election

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, Sir Edward held off a strong challenge from Christopher Mayhew

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, the Liberal

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 MP for Woolwich East

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 who had defected from the Labour Party

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