# Percy Rugg

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**Sir Edward Percy Rugg** (14 January 1906 – 7 September 1986) was a [British](/source/British_people) politician, who served as the last leader of the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) on [London County Council](/source/London_County_Council), and the party's first leader on the [Greater London Council](/source/Greater_London_Council).

Rugg was educated at the [Leys School](/source/Leys_School) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge). He qualified as a solicitor in 1929, and in 1940 was elected to [Hertfordshire County Council](/source/Hertfordshire_County_Council). Although he was not re-elected in 1945, he remained politically active, chairing the [Hertford](/source/Hertford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) Conservative Association from 1948, and winning election to [Ware](/source/Ware,_Hertfordshire) [Rural District Council](/source/Rural_District_Council) in 1949, serving as its chair until 1954.[1]

Rugg subsequently refocused his attention on London, and was appointed to London County Council as an [alderman](/source/Alderman) in 1958. The following year, he was chosen as leader of the Conservative Party group on the council, and thereby became the leader of the opposition. He switched to become a councillor in 1961, representing [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_(London_County_Council_constituency)). In 1964, the council was abolished, but Rugg was elected to its replacement, the Greater London Council, representing [Kensington and Chelsea](/source/Kensington_and_Chelsea_(electoral_division)), and he continued as leader of the opposition until 1966.[1]

Rugg stood down from the council in 1970, but remained active in the East Hertfordshire and Chelsea Conservative Associations into the 1980s, when he moved to [Sandwich](/source/Sandwich,_Kent) in Kent. He was [knighted](/source/Knight_Bachelor) in 1959, and remained an active solicitor throughout his political career.[1][2]

## References

1. *Rugg, Sir (Edward) Percy*. Oxford University Press. [doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U168749](https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U168749)

1. "Sir Percy Rugg". *The Times*. 9 September 1986.

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