Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby

Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby

Oswald Constantine John Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby, KG, CBE (29 July 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a British peer and philanthropist for blind people.

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Early life

Styled Earl of Mulgrave from birth, he was the eldest son of Constantine Phipps, 3rd Marquess of Normanby and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He inherited his father's titles in 1932 and joined the Green Howards as a Lieutenant in 1939. In 1940, Lord Normanby was captured at the Battle of Dunkirk and was a prisoner of war at Obermassfeldt in Thuringia until 1943.

During his captivity, he persuaded his captors to allow him to teach braille to the blind prisoners, despite not knowing it himself. They constructed their alphabets with glass-headed pins and cardboard. He progressed from this to teach lessons in wider subjects. In recognition of his successful independent efforts, the head of St Dunstan's charity for blinded service personnel, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale, appointed him an honourary member of the charity's teaching staff. Later, when he was repatriated along with his blind students, he joined St Dunstan's council. He was also awarded a military MBE in recognition of his work in leading the POWs. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ p291-292 My Story of St Dunstan's (1961) by Lord Fraser of Lonsdale

Politics

On his release, Lord Normanby was appointed a MBE and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Viscount Cranborne from 1944-45 and briefly to the Lord President of the Council, Lord Woolton in 1945. That year, Lord Normanby was also made appointed a Lord-in-Waiting, but the appointment was brief due to him crossing the floor, becoming the only Labour marquess (he later left the Labour Party also and became a crossbencher).

Family

On 10 February 1951, Lord Normanby married Hon. Grania Guinness (a daughter of Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne) and they had seven children:

Later years

Lord Normanby was Chairman of King's College Hospital from 1948 (for which he was promoted to a CBE in 1974) until his death and as well as a member of St Dunstan's council, he was also Chairman of the National Library for the Blind from 1946 until his death and its President from 1977-88. In 1985, he was made a Knight of the Garter and died in 1994, when his titles passed to his eldest son.

Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl Fortescue
Lord-in-Waiting
1945
Succeeded by
The Lord Pakenham
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir William Worsley, Bt
Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire
1965–1974
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by
Office created
Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
1974–1987
Succeeded by
Sir Marcus Worsley, Bt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Constantine Phipps
Marquess of Normanby
1932–1994
Succeeded by
Constantine Phipps

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