Michael Higgs (politician)
British politician (1912–1995)
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Sir John Michael Clifford Higgs DL (30 May 1912 – 20 October 1995)[1] was a solicitor from Brierley Hill who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bromsgrove from 1950 to 1955.
30 May 1912
Sir Michael Higgs | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove | |
| In office 23 February 1950 – 6 May 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | James Dance |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Michael Clifford Higgs 30 May 1912 |
| Died | 20 October 1995 (aged 83) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) |
Diana Louise Jerrams
(m. 1936; died 1950)Rachel Mary Jones (m. 1952) |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham (LLB) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Early life and family
The son of Albert W. Higgs, a solicitor from Lye (then in Worcestershire),[2] Michael Higgs was educated at Shrewsbury School and at the University of Birmingham, where he earned his LL.B. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1934. He married twice: first in May 1936 to Diana Louise Jerrams (died 1950), and, secondly, in June 1952, to Rachel Mary Jones, from Pedmore, Stourbridge.[2]
Career
During World War II he served with the Royal Artillery from 1939 to 1942, and then from 1942 to 1946 as a member of the Judge Advocate-General's staff.[2]
He was a member of Staffordshire County Council from 1946 to 1949, and of Worcestershire County Council from 1953 to 1973, serving as the chairman of the latter from to 1959 to 1973.[2] He was then chairman of Hereford and Worcester County Council from 1973 to 1977.[2]
He was elected at the 1950 general election as the MP for the newly created Bromsgrove division of Worcestershire.[3] He was re-elected in 1951,[4] and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1955 general election.
He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire in August 1968,[5] and it was announced in the 1969 New Year Honours that he was to be knighted.[6] The knighthood was conferred on 11 February 1969, at Buckingham Palace.[7]
