Anthony Hurd, Baron Hurd

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for Newbury

| term_start = 5 July 1945

| term_end = 24 August 1964

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| successor = John Astor

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Hannah Cox

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Anthony Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd (2 May 1901 – 12 February 1966) was a British politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newbury.

Early life and parliamentary career

Hurd was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary of Rab Butler.{{Who's Who | title = HURD, Baron, (Anthony Richard Hurd) | id = U53066 | type = was | volume = 2024 | edition = online}} He was first elected to the Newbury constituency in the 1945 general election and won each successive election in Newbury until he was appointed to the House of Lords just before the 1964 general election. He was knighted for his political service in 1959.{{London Gazette |issue=41637 |date=17 February 1959 |page=1163}}

Life peerage

On 24 August 1964 he was created a Life Peer as Baron Hurd, of Newbury in the Royal County of Berks{{London Gazette |issue=43419 |date=25 August 1964 |page=7261}} which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords. He died 18 months later at the age of 64.

Family

His father, Sir Percy Hurd, was MP for Devizes, his brother was Robert Hurd (architect);[http://www.burkespeerage.com/Search/FamilyHomepageFull.aspx?FID=7089 www.burkespeerage.com] his son, Douglas now Lord Hurd of Westwell, was MP for Mid-Oxfordshire and former Foreign Secretary. His grandson, Nick Hurd was MP for Ruislip Northwood and Pinner from 2005 to 2019.