Dudley Smith

Sir Dudley Smith
President of the Assembly of Western European Union
In office
14 June 1993 – 1996
Preceded byHartmut Soell
Succeeded byLluís Maria de Puig
Chairman of the Western European Union Defence Committee
In office
1989–1993
Secretary-General of the European Democratic Group
In office
1983–1986
Under-Secretary of State for the Army
In office
7 January 1974 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byPeter Blaker
Succeeded byDesmond Brayley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office
24 June 1970 – 7 January 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byHarold Walker
Succeeded byDavid Howell
Member of Parliament
for Warwick and Leamington
In office
29 March 1968 – 8 April 1997
Preceded bySir John Hobson
Succeeded byJames Plaskitt
Member of Parliament
for Brentford & Chiswick
In office
8 October 1959 – 10 March 1966
Preceded byLaddie Lucas
Succeeded byMichael Barnes
Personal details
Born(1926-11-14)14 November 1926
Cambridge, England
Died14 December 2016(2016-12-14) (aged 90)
Warwickshire, England
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyConservative
Children3
EducationChichester High School
OccupationJournalist, Politician

Sir Dudley Gordon Smith (14 November 1926 – 14 December 2016) was a British Conservative politician who served as a junior minister under Edward Heath.[1][2] He was a Member of Parliament for a total of 35 years, latterly for Warwick and Leamington, which he represented for almost 30 years before he lost his seat in the Labour landslide in the 1997 general election.

  1. ^ Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod (1997), Dod's parliamentary companion, vol. 165, p. 823
  2. ^ "Sir Dudley Smith". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 September 2019.