Hill, John Edward Bernard ___ 1912-2007 ___ British ___ farmer politician

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Hill was educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford, then trained as a barrister. During the Second World War he served first in the Royal Artillery and then as an Air Observation Post pilot in the RAF, seeing service in North Africa. In 1944 he married Edith Luard. The following year, he was invalided out of the army. Thereafter, he purchased several agricultural estates. In 1955, he was elected to Parliament and held a junior office in the government at the end of the 1950s. Later, he was appointed an opposition spokesman, and he also sat on several select committees. Subsequently, after standing down as an MP, he became one of the first UK members of the European Parliament. He held various board-level posts largely connected with education or land and river authorities or associations. The University of East Anglia, which holds the Hill archives, was instrumental in publishing Hill's early and colourful diaries recently. They also include photographs taken by Hill during his travels.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1935 1937 ___ travel India US China Jordan Indonesia

WEB TEXT LINKS
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
University of East Anglia

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Better late than never? An illustrated diary of 1935
Indian Spring
 

May 2006, July 2008, April 2013
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