Arnold Babb Gridley, 1st Baron Gridley,

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(16 July 1878 – 27 July 1965) was a British Conservative politician.

Biography

Gridley was the son of Edward Gridley of

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. He worked as a consulting engineer but later turned to politics. In 1935 he was elected to the

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for

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, a seat he held until the constituency was abolished in 1950, and then represented

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from 1950 to 1955. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Gridley, of Stockport in the

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. Lord Gridley married Mabel, daughter of Oliver Hudson, in 1905. He died in July 1965, aged 87, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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Arms

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

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