Daniel Edmund Awdry (10 September 1924 – 11 October 2008) was a British Conservative Party politician. Awdry was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...

and the

Royal Military College, Sandhurst The Royal Military College (RMC) was a United Kingdom, British military academy for training infantry and cavalry Officer (armed forces), officers of the British Army, British and British Indian Army, Indian Armies. It was founded in 1801 at Gre ...

. He served with the

10th Hussars The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War but then amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince ...

in Italy 1944–45 and with the

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY) was a Yeomanry regiment of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom established in 1794. It was disbanded as an independent Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army unit in 1967, a time when t ...

1947–62. He became a solicitor and a

Chippenham Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, ...

councillor, serving as Mayor 1958–59. He was President of the Southern Boroughs Association 1959–60. Awdry was member of parliament for

from a 1962

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

until 1979, when he stood down—having seen off strong challenges from Liberal candidates in the seat (his majority in October 1974 was 1,749 (3.3%)). His successor was

Richard Needham Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey, (born 29 January 1942), usually known as Sir Richard Needham, is a British Conservative politician. A Member of Parliament from 1979 to 1997, he served as Under-Secretary of State for Norther ...

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

External links

*
Obituary
at Telegraph.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Awdry, Daniel 1924 births 2008 deaths People educated at Winchester College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers 10th Royal Hussars officers British Army personnel of World War II Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Councillors in Wiltshire Deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire English solicitors 20th-century English lawyers UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979