Sir Frederick Corfield
5th Sep 2005, 14:25 GMT
Frederick Vernon Corfield, soldier, farmer, lawyer and politician: born Leebotwood, Shropshire 1 June 1915; called to the Bar, Middle Temple 1945; MP (Conservative) for South Gloucestershire 1955-74; Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government 1962-64; Minister of State, Board of Trade 1970; Minister of Aviation Supply 1970-71; PC 1970; Minister for Aerospace, DTI 1971-72; Kt 1972; QC 1972; Chairman, London and Provincial Antique Dealers' Association 1975-89; Recorder of the Crown Court 1979-87; married 1945 Ruth Taylor; died Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire 25 August 2005.
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