Charles Brooke Longbottom (22 July 1930 – 5 February 2013) was a British barrister, businessman and
Conservative
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politician. In his later years his interest turned to
Christian healing and
education
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.
He was appointed Officer of the
Order of the British Empire
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(OBE) in the
2012 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2012 were announced on 31 December 2011 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand,[Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils 13–18) in Uppingham, Rutland, England, founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester, who also established Oakham School. ...]
,
and then read for the Bar, being called in 1958 by the
Inner Temple
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. He was interested in politics from an early age and was Vice Chairman of the
Young Conservatives Advisory Committee in 1953–54; while a student he was part of the United Kingdom delegation to the World Assembly of Youth Services in Genval, Belgium.
Parliament
After fighting
Stockton-on-Tees
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in the
1955 general election, Longbottom was selected for
York
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and won the seat in the
1959 general election.
[ ]Iain Macleod
Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician.
A playboy and professional Contract bridge, bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the ...
, the Leader of the House of Commons
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, picked him as his Parliamentary Private Secretary in 1961; he served until Macleod went out of office in 1963.
Maritime business career
After losing his seat at the 1966 general election,[ Longbottom went into the shipbuilding business. He was chairman of ]Austin & Pickersgill
Austin & Pickersgill is a shipbuilding company formed in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland in 1954.
History
Corporate history
Austin & Pickersgill was formed in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland in 1954 by the merger of S.P. Austin & ...
shipbuilders (based in Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...
) from 1966 to 1972, and of A&P Appledore International Ltd from 1970 to 1979. He joined Seascope in 1970 and was chairman of several subsidiary companies. In the 1980s his business career diversified into financial services and was a Director of Henry Ansbacher & Co from 1982 to 1987.
Although not attempting a return into politics, Longbottom was considered for public appointments. He had been made a member of the General Advisory Committee of the BBC
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in 1965 and served ten years, and was also a member of the Community Relations Commission from 1968 to 1970.
Activities after retirement
Charles Longbottom served 16 years as a Director of British Shipbuilders
British Shipbuilders (BS) was a public corporation that owned and managed the shipbuilding industry in Great Britain from 1977 through the 1980s. Its head office was at Benton House in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
History
The corporation wa ...
, and as Chairman of MC Shipping Inc. from 2004 to 2010.
Death
He became ill in the summer of 2012 and died at the Royal Marsden Hospital
The Royal Marsden Hospital is a specialist National Health Service oncology hospital in London based at two sites in Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea, and Belmont in Sutton. It is managed by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and supp ...
on 5 February 2013 at the age of 82.
References
*"Longbottom, Charles Brooke" in "Who's Who" (A&C Black)
*M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981)
*"Times Guide to the House of Commons 1955"
Footnotes
External links
*
Profile at the Awareness Foundation
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1930 births
People educated at Uppingham School
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
Members of the Inner Temple
British businesspeople in shipping
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
2013 deaths
20th-century British businesspeople