Robert Grant Grant-Ferris, Baron Harvington (30 December 1907 – 1 January 1997) was a British

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 Conservative Party

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 politician. He was educated at Douai School

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 and served in the RAF during the War. He was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for St Pancras North from 1937 to 1945, and for Nantwich

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 from 1955 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He served as Chairman of Ways and Means

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 and Deputy Speaker from 1970 to 1974 Chairman of Ways and Means

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. After his retirement, he was given a life peerage as Baron Harvington, of Nantwich in the County of Cheshire

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