Horace King, Baron Maybray-King

The Lord Maybray-King
King in 1966
Speaker of the House of Commons
of the United Kingdom
In office
26 October 1965 – 12 January 1971
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Edward Heath
Preceded byHarry Hylton-Foster
Succeeded bySelwyn Lloyd
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
3 November 1964 – 26 October 1965
SpeakerHarry Hylton-Foster
Preceded byWilliam Anstruther-Gray
Succeeded bySamuel Storey
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
2 March 1971 – 3 September 1986
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Southampton Itchen
In office
26 May 1955 – 11 January 1971
Preceded byRalph Morley
Succeeded byBob Mitchell
Member of Parliament
for Southampton Test
In office
23 February 1950 – 6 May 1955
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byJohn Howard
Personal details
Born
Horace Maybray King

25 May 1901
Grangetown, England
Died3 September 1986(1986-09-03) (aged 85)
Southampton, England
Political partyLabour
Spouses
  • Victoria Harris
    (m. 1924; died 1966)
  • Una Porter
    (m. 1967; died 1978)
  • Ivy Duncan Foster
    (m. 1978; div. 1981)
  • Sheila Atkinson
    (m. 1986)
Children1
Alma materKing's College London
ProfessionTeacher

Horace Maybray Maybray-King, Baron Maybray-King, PC ( King; 25 May 1901 – 3 September 1986), was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 until 1971 before becoming a life peer. For most of his time in Parliament, he sat as a Labour MP. Following the death of Harry Hylton-Foster in September 1965, King, who had served as deputy speaker for ten months, became the Speaker of the House of Commons. As was customary, he renounced his party allegiance upon taking up the post.[1] He was the first person from the Labour Party to hold the post.

  1. ^ "Office & Role of Speaker - UK Parliament". www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011.