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Authorized form of name
Newman, Sir Stuart Richard, 1919-2002, Knight, Colonel
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Dates of existence
1919-2002
History
Born, 1919; worked at Maples department store; joined the Middlesex Yeomanry (TA); commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Kent) after the outbreak of the Second World War, 1939; fought with the 2nd battalion in the Western Desert before being posted to India in 1944 as an instructor at the tactical school; returned to England,1945; served as a company commander and training officer at Eaton Hall Officer Cadet Training Unit, 1945-1948; London Rifle Brigade (TA), 1948; joined the Conservative Party, 1949; recalled to the Regular Army, 1951-1953; commander of the London Rifle Brigade (TA), 1959; second-in-command of the 56th London Infantry Brigade, (TA), 1962; Conservative Party agent for Eton and Slough, Lambeth and Buxton and then London and Westminster; trained Conservative Party agents at Central Office, mid-1960s; assistant to Reginald Maudling, Anthony Barber and William Whitelaw in the 1966 and 1970 elections; retired, 1984; died, 2002.
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0099 KCLMA
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Final
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Partial
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Sources
Further information is available at the National Archives (F73358)