Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside

Biography

Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside, (16 August 1879 – 5 May 1958) was a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hexham, initially as a Conservative. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951. Upon stepping down as Speaker he became the Viscount Ruffside; the peerage became extinct with his death.

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