Harry Hylton-Foster

Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
1960 portrait of Hylton-Foster dressed in the Speaker′s robes.
Speaker of the House of Commons
of the United Kingdom
In office
20 October 1959 – 2 September 1965
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Preceded byWilliam Morrison
Succeeded byHorace King
Solicitor-General for England
In office
18 October 1954 – 22 October 1959
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded bySir Reginald Manningham-Buller
Succeeded bySir Jocelyn Simon
Member of Parliament
for Cities of London and Westminster
In office
8 October 1959 – 2 September 1965
Preceded bySir Harold Webbe
Succeeded byJohn Smith
Member of Parliament
for York
In office
23 February 1950 – 18 September 1959
Preceded byJohn Corlett
Succeeded byCharles Longbottom
Personal details
Born10 April 1905
Surrey, England
Died2 September 1965(1965-09-02) (aged 60)
London, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseAudrey Brown
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford

Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton Hylton-Foster (10 April 1905 – 2 September 1965), was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 until his death in 1965. He was also the Speaker of the House of Commons for the final six years of his life.


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