Spencer Summers
Sir Gerard Spencer Summers (27 October 1902 – 19 January 1976) was a British Conservative politician.
He was born in Flintshire, Wales in 1902 and educated at Wellington School and Trinity College, Cambridge. [1] He became a director of the family business of John Summers & Sons, steelmakers.
During the Second World War (1940-1945) he was the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton and appointed the Director-General of Regional Organisation at the Ministry of Supply.[1] In 1945, he was the Secretary for Overseas Trade in the post-war caretaker government.
In 1946 he also assumed the role of first chairman of the Outward Bound Trust.[2] He was also a Governor of UWC Atlantic College from its opening in 1962 until 1976, and was on the foundation committee for three years prior to its opening.[3]
He was MP for Aylesbury from 1950 until his retirement in 1970. He was knighted in 1956 [4] and selected High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1974-75.[5]
He died near Banbury, Oxfordshire in 1976. He had married Jean Pickering in London in 1930. Their son Shane Summers was a racing driver who competed in a few non-Championship Formula One races, but was accidentally killed at the age of 24 when practicing for the 1961 Silver City Trophy at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.
References
- 1 2 Streat, Raymond. ancashire and Whitehall: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat, Volume 2. p. 256.
- ↑ Arnold-Brown, Adam (1962). Unfolding Character: The Impact of Gordonstoun. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
- ↑ Atlantic College Yearbook 1976.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40787. p. 3100. 31 May 1956. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46249. p. 4007. 28 March 1974. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Spencer Summers
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Harcourt Johnstone |
Secretary for Overseas Trade 1945 |
Succeeded by Hilary Marquand |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Sir Mervyn Edward Manningham-Buller |
Member of Parliament for Northampton 1940–1945 |
Succeeded by Reginald Thomas Paget |
| Preceded by Sir Stanley Reed |
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury 1950–1970 |
Succeeded by Timothy Raison |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Michael Berry |
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1974 |
Succeeded by Timothy Sergison-Brooke |