Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside

The Viscount Ruffside
Clifton Brown in 1925
Speaker of the House of Commons
of the United Kingdom
In office
3 March 1943 – 31 October 1951
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Preceded byEdward FitzRoy
Succeeded byWilliam Morrison
Member of Parliament
for Hexham
In office
14 December 1918 – 16 November 1923
Preceded byRichard Durning Holt
Succeeded byVictor Finney
In office
29 October 1924 – 4 October 1951
Preceded byVictor Finney
Succeeded byRupert Speir
Personal details
Born16 August 1879 (1879-08-16)
Died5 May 1958 (1958-05-06) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Violet Arbuthnot Wollaston
(m. 1907)
RelationsHoward Clifton Brown (brother)
ChildrenAudrey Clifton Brown
Parent(s)James Clifton Brown
Amelia Rowe Brown
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside, PC, JP, DL (16 August 1879 – 5 May 1958) was a British politician who represented the Conservative Party (UK). He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951. Upon stepping down as Speaker he became the Viscount Ruffside; the peerage became extinct with his death.