Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bishopston
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Bishopston PC
Member of Parliament for Newark
	In office; 1964–1979
Preceded by	George Deer
Succeeded by	Richard Alexander
Assistant Government Whip
	In office; 1966–1967
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
	In office; 1974–1979
Member of the House of Lords
	In office; 1981–1984
Personal details
Born	3 October 1920; Bristol, United Kingdom
Died	19 April 1984; Devon, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Winifred
Children	Anne, Mary, Frances, Ursula
Alma mater	University of Bristol
Occupation	Aeronautical design draughtsman

Edward Stanley Bishop, Baron Bishopston, PC (3 October 1920 – 19 April 1984) was a British Labour Party politician.

Born in Bristol, Bishop was educated at South Bristol Central School, Merchant Venturers' Technical College and Bristol University. He was an aeronautical design draughtsman. He contested Bristol West in 1950, Exeter in 1951 and South Gloucestershire in 1955.^[1]

Bishop was Member of Parliament for Newark from 1964 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the Conservative Richard Alexander. Bishop was an assistant government whip from 1966 to 1967, Second Church Estates Commissioner from 18 April–30 November 1974,^[2] and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1974 to 1979.^[3] He was sworn of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1977.

After he lost his seat, he was created a life peer as Baron Bishopston, of Newark in the County of Nottinghamshire on 21 May 1981.^[4]

Lord Bishopston died in Devon aged 63.

Personal life

He was married to Winifred and had four daughters: Anne, Mary, Frances and Ursula.^[5]

^ "Posthumous honour". Newark Advertiser. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
^ "Second Church Estates Commissioners Accessdate=6 July 2024". Church of England Parliamentary Unit. December 2014.
^ Cretney, Stephen Michael (2003). Family Law in the Twentieth Century: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 780. ISBN 9780198268994.
^ "No. 48621". The London Gazette. 27 May 1981. p. 7263.
^ "Bishopston", Who Was Who (A & C Black; online edition, Oxford University Press, April 2014). Retrieved 16 November 2017.

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Preceded by George Deer	Member of Parliament for Newark 1964–1979	Succeeded by Richard Alexander

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