Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale

William Jocelyn Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, CH, CBE (30 August 1897 – 19 December 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician, a Governor of the BBC, a successful businessman and the first person to be awarded a life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Fraser of Lonsdale
CH CBE
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
1 August 1958  19 December 1974
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for
Morecambe & Lonsdale
In office
24 February 1950  1 August 1958
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byBasil de Ferranti
Member of Parliament for
Lonsdale
In office
13 April 1940  3 February 1950
Preceded byLord Balniel
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born30 August 1897
Died19 December 1974 (aged 77)
Political partyConservative
Alma materRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst

Fraser was blinded in World War I and became Chairman of St Dunstan's, a charity for blind servicemen.

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