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Prime Minister
  
Harold Wilson

Prime Minister
  
Harold Wilson

Died
  
April 30, 1994

Preceded by
  
Quintin Hogg

Role
  
British Politician

Prime Minister
  
Harold Wilson

Name
  
Herbert Baron

Preceded by
  
Office Created

Preceded by
  
Selwyn Lloyd


Succeeded by
  
George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth

Political party
  
Labour Party, Social Democratic Party

Herbert William Bowden, Baron Aylestone (20 January 1905 – 30 April 1994) was a British Labour politician.

Born in Cardiff, Wales, Bowden was a councillor on Leicester City Council 1938–45 and president of Leicester Labour Party in 1938. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was elected at the 1945 general election for South Leicester, taking South-West Leicester at the 1950 election. He was appointed a whip in 1949 and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1950. From 1951, he was Deputy Chief Whip, then Chief Whip through Labour's years in opposition. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1953 Coronation Honours.

When Labour returned to power in 1964, Bowden was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, having become a Privy Counsellor in 1962. In 1966 he was moved to the new post of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, serving until 1967. On 20 September 1967, he was created a life peer as Baron Aylestone, of Aylestone in the City of Leicester and became chairman of the Independent Television Authority. He was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the 1975 Birthday Honours. He joined the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s.

Lord Aylestone died in Worthing aged 89.

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Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone Wikipedia