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Airey Neave | |
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 Neave between May 1940 and May 1941 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 4 March 1974 – 30 March 1979 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | Alec Jones |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air | |
| In office 16 January 1959 – 16 October 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Ian Orr-Ewing |
| Succeeded by | William Taylor |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport | |
| In office 18 January 1957 – 16 January 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Hugh Molson |
| Succeeded by | John Hay |
| Member of Parliament for Abingdon | |
| In office 30 June 1953 – 30 March 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Ralph Glyn |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Benyon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave 23 January 1916 Knightsbridge, London, England |
| Died | 30 March 1979 (aged 63) Westminster, London, England |
| Manner of death | Assassination (car bomb attack) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Sheffield Airey Neave (father) |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
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| Profession | Barrister |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  British Empire |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1935–1951 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
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Lieutenant Colonel Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, DSO, OBE, MC, TD (/ˈɛəri ˈniːv/) (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1953 until his assassination in 1979.
During the Second World War he was the first British prisoner-of-war to succeed in escaping from Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle, and later worked for MI9. After the war he served with the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg trials. He later became Conservative MP for Abingdon.
Neave was assassinated in a car bomb attack at the House of Commons. The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibility.