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Tony Benn's father William Wedgwood Benn was a Liberal MP who defected to Labour and was later elevated to the Lords. Both his grandfathers ( John Williams Benn and Daniel Holmes ) were also Liberal MPs (for Wapping and Devonport, and Govan, respectively).
He is a cousin of the actress, Margaret Rutherford.
Benn was educated at Westminster School and New College, Oxford. After serving in the RAFThe Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF is the air force of the United Kingdom. History Formation and Early History The Royal Flying Corps was formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912 superseding the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Na in the later stages of World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, he worked as a radio producer for the BBC. He was elected to ParliamentAlternative meanings: Parliamentary system, Parliament (band), Parliament (cigarette). A parliament is a legislative body, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. as member for BristolThis article is about the English city of Bristol. For other uses please see Bristol (disambiguation). Bristol is a city in south-western England, on the River Avon. It borders on the Unitary Districts of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and S South-East in 1950, at the age of 25, to succeed Stafford CrippsSir Richard Stafford Cripps ( April 24, 1889 April 21, 1952), British Labour politician, was born in London, the son of a Conservative member of the House of Commons who late in life, as Lord Parmoor, joined the Labour Party. He was educated at a public s.
Benn was regarded as a centrist within the Labour Party; he did not join the BevaniteAneurin Bevan usually known as Nye Bevan ( November 15, 1897 July 6, 1960) was a Welsh Labour politician regarded as a hero of the left, primarily for his formation of the National Health Service. Youth Bevan was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, the son o left. However he knew that he would have to fight the establishment over Peerage law. Before taking a Peerage from Winston ChurchillChurchill" redirects here. For other meanings, see Churchill (disambiguation). The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG, OM, CH, FRS ( November 30, 1874 January 24, 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the U, his father asked his elder brother Michael if he would object; as he intended training for the priesthood, Michael Wedgwood Benn had no objections, but two years later he was shot down and killed and his younger brother became heir to the Viscountcy of Stansgate. Knowing that he would be disqualified from the British House of Commons when his father died, Benn campaigned from the early 1950s for a change in the law to allow peers to renounce their titles and continue to sit in the Commons.