Mary Hamilton (politician)

Mary Hamilton
Member of Parliament
for Blackburn with Thomas Gill
In office
30 May 1929 – 26 October 1931
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded bySir Sydney Henn
and John Duckworth
Succeeded byW. D. Smiles
and George Elliston
Personal details
Born(1882-07-08)8 July 1882
Died10 February 1966(1966-02-10) (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Alma materNewnham College Cambridge

Mary Agnes Hamilton CBE (née Adamson, 8 July 1882 – 10 February 1966)[1] was a writer, journalist, broadcaster, civil servant, and the Labour Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1929 to 1931. She headed the American Division of the Ministry of Information and then of the Foreign Office from no later than 1946 until 1952, and worked for the Information Research Department.

  1. ^ Grenier, Janet E. (2004). "Oxford ODNB: Hamilton [née Adamson], Mary Agnes (1882-1966)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39455. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)