Ernest Fernyhough | |
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 1964–1967 | |
Leader | Harold Wilson |
Member of Parliament for Jarrow | |
In office 8 May 1947 – 7 April 1979 | |
Preceded by | Ellen Wilkinson |
Succeeded by | Don Dixon |
Personal details | |
Born | Wood Lane, Staffordshire [1] | 24 December 1908
Died | 16 August 1993 Chester, Cheshire | (aged 84)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
Ethel Edwards
(
m. 1934; died 1977) |
Children | 3 |
Ernest Fernyhough (24 December 1908 – 16 August 1993) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 32 years.
Fernyhough worked for the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers from 1936 to 1947. [2] [1]
In 1947, Fernyhough was elected Member of Parliament for the Labour stronghold of Jarrow in a by-election caused by the death of Ellen Wilkinson - and held the seat until he retired in 1979. [3]
Fernyhough was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Harold Wilson from 1964 and a junior minister for Employment and Productivity from 1967 to 1969. He was also a member of the Council of Europe from 1970 to 1973. [2]
In 1934, Fernyhough married Ethel Edwards, and the couple had two sons and a daughter. The oldest John Fernyhough died in June 2020 aged 82 and the youngest Margaret is still alive.
Ernest had 2 older brothers and four sisters