Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton

The Lord Shackleton
1969 photograph, by Godfrey Argent
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
In office
19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Leader
Preceded byThe Lord Carrington
Succeeded byThe Lord Carrington
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
16 January 1968 – 20 June 1970
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byThe Earl of Longford
Succeeded byThe Earl Jellicoe
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
16 January 1968 – 6 April 1968
Preceded byThe Earl Longford
Succeeded byFred Peart
In office
1 November 1968 – 20 June 1970
Preceded byFred Peart
Succeeded byThe Earl Jellicoe
Paymaster General
In office
6 April 1968 – 1 November 1968
Preceded byGeorge Wigg
Succeeded byJudith Hart
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
In office
7 January 1967 – 16 January 1968
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
LeaderThe Earl of Longford
Preceded byThe Lord Champion
Succeeded byThe Lord Shepherd
Minister without Portfolio
In office
7 January 1967 – 16 January 1968
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byDouglas Houghton
Succeeded byPatrick Gordon Walker
Minister of State for the Air Force
In office
19 October 1964 – 7 January 1967
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byHugh Fraser
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
11 August 1958 – 22 September 1994
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Preston South
In office
23 February 1950 – 6 May 1955
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byAlan Green
Member of Parliament
for Preston
In office
31 January 1946 – 3 February 1950
Preceded byJohn William Sunderland
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
Personal details
Born15 July 1911
Wandsworth, London
Died22 September 1994 (aged 83)
Winchester
Spouse
Betty Horman
(m. 1938)
Children2
Parent(s)Ernest Shackleton
Emily Dorman
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1940–1956
RankWing Commander
Service number83143
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire

Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, KG, AC, OBE, PC, FRS, FRGS[1] (15 July 1911 – 22 September 1994) was a British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.

  1. ^ Jellicoe, T. E. (1999). "Lord Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton. 15 July 1911 – 22 September 1994: Elected F.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 45: 485. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0032. S2CID 186214379.