Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne

{{Short description|British Conservative politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Redmayne | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=|DSO|TD|PC}} | image = Martin Redmayne 1963.jpg | office = Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | term_start = 14 October 1959 | term_end = 16 October 1964 | prime_minister = Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home | predecessor = Edward Heath | successor = Edward Short {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Shadow Cabinet posts |cont=yes |titlestyle= border:1px dashed lightgrey}}{{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office1 = Shadow Minister of Transport | term_start1 = 4 August 1965 | term_end1 = 19 April 1966 | leader1 = Edward Heath | predecessor1 = Enoch Powell | successor1 = Peter Walker | office2 = Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | term_start2 = 16 February 1965 | term_end2 = 4 August 1965 | leader2 = Alec Douglas-Home | predecessor2 = Christopher Soames | successor2 = Joseph Godber | office3 = Shadow Postmaster General | term_start3 = 27 November 1964 | term_end3 = 16 February 1965 | leader3 = Alec Douglas-Home | predecessor3 = Mervyn Pike | successor3 = David Gibson-Watt | office4 = Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | term_start4 = 16 October 1964 | term_end4 = 27 November 1964 | leader4 = Alec Douglas-Home | predecessor4 = Herbert Bowden | successor4 = William Whitelaw {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Junior ministerial offices |cont=yes |titlestyle= border:1px dashed lightgrey}}{{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office5 = Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons | term_start5 = 25 January 1956 | term_end5 = 14 October 1959 | prime_minister5 = Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan | predecessor5 = Edward Heath | successor5 = Peter Legh | office6 = Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | term_start6 = 4 July 1953 | term_end6 = 14 October 1959 | prime_minister6 = Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan | predecessor6 = Herbert Butcher | successor6 = David Gibson-Watt {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | office7 = Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe | term_start7 = 23 February 1950 | term_end7 = 10 March 1966 | predecessor7 = Florence Paton | successor7 = Antony Gardner | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|11|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nottingham, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1983|4|28|1910|11|16|df=yes}} | death_place = London, England | spouse = {{marriage|Ann Griffiths|1932}} | children = Nicholas | party = Conservative | alma_mater = }}

'''Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|DSO|TD|PC}} (16 November 1910 – 28 April 1983) was a British Conservative politician.

==Background== Redmayne was born in Nottingham, the second son of civil engineer and farmer, Leonard Redmayne and his wife Mildred.<ref name = ODNB>{{cite ODNB|title = Redmayne, Martin, first baronet and Baron Redmayne (1910–1983), politician|last = Fraser|first = Michael|date = 2004|doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/31592}}</ref> He was educated at Radley College. He served in World War II, commanding the 14th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) in Italy in 1943 and the 66th Infantry Brigade from 1944 to 1945. He was awarded the DSO in February 1945,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36928 |date=8 February 1945 |page=796 |supp=y}}</ref> Mentioned in Despatches on 11 January 1945 and made an Honorary Brigadier in 1945.

==Political career== In 1950, Redmayne entered the Commons as Conservative MP for Rushcliffe.<ref name = ODNB/> He was a Government Whip a year later, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1953 to 1959, Deputy Chief Whip from 1955 to 1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip from 1959 to 1964.<ref name = ODNB/> He was the Chief Whip during the Profumo affair. Admitted to the Privy Council in 1959, he was made a baronet on 29 December 1964<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43538 |date=1 January 1965 |page=83}}</ref> and after leaving the Commons, was created a life peer as '''Baron Redmayne''', of Rushcliffe in the County of Nottinghamshire on 10 June 1966.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44017 |date=10 June 1966 |page=6709}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== In 1932, Redmayne married Ann Griffiths, and they had a son, Nicholas.<ref name = ODNB/> Lord Redmayne died at King Edward VII's Hospital in London on 28 April 1983, aged 72, and Nicholas inherited the baronetcy.<ref name = ODNB/>

==Coat of arms== {{Infobox COA wide |escutcheon = Gules two chevronels between three cushions Ermine tasseled Or a bordure engrailed Argent. |crest = In front of a cushion as in the arms fesswise a horse's head Argent maned Gules. |supporters = Dexter a Herdwick ram Proper poll Gules, sinister a lion Or maned Gules. |motto = Without Blood No Victory <ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=1973}}</ref> }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== *[http://www.burkes-peerage.net/ Burke's Peerage & Gentry]

== External links == *{{Hansard-contribs | mr-martin-redmayne | Martin Redmayne }}

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