Alan Livesey Stuart Todd (3 June 1900 – 14 August 1976) was a

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and

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politician living at Clent.

Biography

He was educated at Wellington College and the

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. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 1931 General Election for the

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division of

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as a

, but was not re-elected at the following election in

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

. During this time, he published a work on ''Indian Constitutional Reform'' (1934). He was elected to

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in 1938, and became an

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of that council in 1953, remaining one until that role was abolished in 1974. He was President of Bromsgrove Conservative Association from 1962 to 1967. He held various

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appointments during the Second World War and was executive director of the National Association of Drop Forgers and Stampers from 1948 to 1969. He became a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire in 1939, serving as chairman of the

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from 1958 to 1967 and as vice-chairman of that for Seisdon from 1967.A. and C. Black (eds.), ''Who was Who'' VII ''1971-1980'' (A & C Black, London 1981), 798. More locally to where he lived, he represented Worcestershire County Council on the Conservators of Clent Hill Common from 1947 until the Conservators were abolished in 1967. Soon after becoming a county councillor, he made efforts towards the preservation of the beauty of the Clent Hills. These ultimately led to the county council purchasing a tract, mostly of ill-managed woodland between Clent Hill and Walton Hill in 1957. This, together with Clent Hill Common and Walton Hill Common, were given to the

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in 1959. Todd then served on the National Trust Clent Hills Management Committee from its creation in 1967 until his death, latterly as a co-opted member.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Todd, Alan 1900 births 1976 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 Members of Worcestershire County Council