Walter Loveys
MP
Member of Parliament
for Chichester
In office
6 November 1958 – 7 March 1969
Preceded byLancelot Joynson-Hicks
Succeeded byChristopher Chataway
Personal details
Born(1920-11-02)2 November 1920
Westhampnett, England
Died7 March 1969(1969-03-07) (aged 48)
Flansham, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materLancing College
ProfessionFarmer

Walter Harris Loveys (2 November 1920 – 7 March 1969), sometimes known as Bill Loveys, was a British farmer and Conservative Party politician.

Loveys was born in Westhampnett.[1] He was educated at Lancing College but had no interest in a further academic career, as he had a job waiting for him on the 500-acre (2.0 km2) family farm. He built up a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle.[2]

Loveys married Muriel Helen Prior in 1944, and they had three children.[2]

In 1953, Loveys was made Chairman of Chichester Conservative Association, and elected to West Sussex County Council.[2] On the council he chaired the Agricultural Education Committee.[2] When Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, MP for Chichester, inherited a peerage in 1958, Loveys was selected from 71 applicants to fight the byelection to replace him.[2] The selection was somewhat controversial and some members of the Conservative Association were reported to be looking for an independent candidate to support instead, but such a candidate could not be found and Loveys duly won the seat.

In Parliament Loveys was not a prominent member. He was Honorary Secretary of the House of Commons Motor Club, and also had his farming experience acknowledged in the horticulture sub-committee of the Conservative private members' committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.[2] He had already announced his retirement due to health concerns when he died at his home in Flansham on 7 March 1969, aged 48.[3]

References

  • M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" (Harvester Press, 1981)
  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mr Walter Loveys". The Times. 8 March 1969. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Walter Harris Loveys". The Daily Telegraph. 8 March 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2023.


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