Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Redmayne
Office1:Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Primeminister1:Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Predecessor1:Herbert Butcher
Successor1:David Gibson-Watt
Term Start1:4 July 1953
Term End1:14 October 1959
Office:Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Primeminister:Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Term Start:14 October 1959
Term End:16 October 1964
Predecessor:Edward Heath
Successor:Edward Short
Office2:Member of Parliament
for Rushcliffe
Term Start2:23 February 1950
Term End2:10 March 1966
Predecessor2:Florence Paton
Successor2:Antony Gardner
Birth Date:16 November 1910
Death Date:28 April 1983 (aged 72)
Party:Conservative

Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne, (16 November 1910  - 28 April 1983) was a British Conservative politician.

Redmayne was the second son of civil engineer and farmer, Leonard Redmayne and his wife Mildred and was educated at Radley College. He served in World War II, commanding the 14th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in Italy in 1943 and the 66th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1945. He was awarded the DSO in February 1945, Mentioned in Despatches on 11 January 1945 and made an Honorary Brigadier in 1945.

In 1950, Redmayne entered the Commons as Conservative MP for Rushcliffe. He was a Government Whip a year later, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1953 to 1959, Deputy Chief Whip from 1955 to 1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip from 1959 to 1964. He was the Chief Whip during the Profumo affair. Admitted to the Privy Council in 1959, he was made a baronet on 29 December 1964 and after leaving the Commons, was created a life peer as Baron Redmayne, of Rushcliffe in the County of Nottinghamshire on 10 June 1966. Lord Redmayne died in 1983, aged 72. His baronetcy was inherited by his eldest son, Nicholas.

Escutcheon:Gules two chevronels between three cushions Ermine tasseled Or a bordure engrailed Argent.
Crest:In front of a cushion as in the arms fesswise a horse's head Argent maned Gules.
Supporters:Dexter a Herdwick ram Proper poll Gules, sinister a lion Or maned Gules.
Motto:Without Blood No Victory [1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 1973.