| Sir William Mallalieu | |
| Birth Date: | 1908 6, df=yes |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Percival William Mallalieu |
| Birth Place: | Delph, Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Huddersfield East |
| Term Start: | 23 February 1950 |
| Term End: | 3 May 1979 |
| Predecessor: | New constituency |
| Successor: | Barry Sheerman |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament for Huddersfield |
| Term Start2: | 5 July 1945 |
| Term End2: | 23 February 1950 |
| Predecessor2: | William Mabane |
| Successor2: | Constituency abolished |
| Parliament: | United Kingdom |
| Party: | Labour |
| Children: | Ann Ben |
| Relations: | Lance Mallalieu (brother) |
| Parents: | Frederick Mallalieu |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College, Oxford University of Chicago |
| Nickname: | J. P. W.; Bill; Curly |
Sir (Joseph Percival) William Mallalieu (18 June 1908 – 13 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author.
Mallalieu was of Huguenot origin, a son of Frederick Mallalieu, a Member of Parliament. Mallalieu's ancestors had settled at Saddleworth in the early 1600s, where they lived in humble circumstances working as weavers. Frederick Mallalieu's father, Henry (1831–1902), was a self-made businessman, at the age of twelve a hand-loom weaver. He became a woollen manufacturer, chairman of ironworks companies, and magistrate.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Oxford, and the University of Chicago. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1930 and a rugby blue. He served in the Royal Navy 1942–45, joining as an ordinary seaman and later being commissioned and promoted to lieutenant. His novel, Very Ordinary Seaman, is based on his experiences in the navy.[5]
From 1945 to 1950, Mallalieu was Member of Parliament for Huddersfield; and then, after boundary changes, for Huddersfield East from 1950 to 1979.[6] He had various ministerial positions under Harold Wilson(a Huddersfield native), including Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (1966–1967), the Board of Trade (1967–1968) and Technology (1968–1969).
Mallalieu is the author of Rats! (Left Book Club, 1941) under the pseudonym 'The Pied Piper'. A collection of his writing on various sports, mostly written for The Spectator, was published as Sporting Days (The Sportsmans Book Club, 1957).
He was given the Freedom of Kirklees in West Yorkshire on 27 January 1980.[7] [8]
In 1945, Mallalieu married Harriet Rita Riddle Tinn, daughter of Jack Tinn, manager of Portsmouth F.C. from 1927 to 1947.[9] [10] Their daughter, Ann, is a Labour peer. Mallalieu's brother Lance was also a Member of Parliament. His uncle, Albert Henry Mallalieu, was head of that family of Tan-y-Marian, Llandudno.[11] [12]
| Escutcheon: | Azure on a chevron Ermine between three fleurs-de-lis Argent four bezants on a chief Ermines a rose of the third barbed and seeded Proper. |
| Notes: | Granted in 1920. |
| Symbolism: | Fleurs-de-lis refer to Huguenot ancestry, motto cants on family name. |
| Motto: | Mal A Lui Qui Mal En Dit (Evil To Him Who Speaks Evil)[13] [14] |