Denzil Freeth

Denzil Freeth

Denzil Kingston Freeth, MBE (10 July 1924 – 26 April 2010) was a British Conservative politician.

Born in the Paddington, London, Freeth was educated at Sherborne School and then served in the Royal Air Force. In 1946, he went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Basingstoke from 1955 until he stood down in 1964. He then worked as a stockbroker.

Freeth asked the first ever question about deafblind people in the House of Commons in 1964, when he asked the Government, local authorities, and the public to give people with the condition more attention and support.[citation needed]

Freeth served for nearly 20 years as a Churchwarden of the leading London Anglo-Catholic Church, All Saints, Margaret Street.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Patrick Donner
Member of Parliament for Basingstoke
19551964
Succeeded by
David Mitchell



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