Charles Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy

Charles James Garnsworthy, Baron Garnsworthy, OBE (10 December 1906 – 5 September 1974) was a British Labour Party politician.

An insurance agent, Garnsworthy was elected a Labour member of the Surrey County Council in 1952, was Alderman between 1966 and 1974, and was leader of the Labour group in the Council.[1]

He contested the Reigate constituency as a Labour candidate at the 1945, 1950, 1951 1955, 1959, and 1964 general elections, each time unsuccessfully.

Galsworthy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1965 New Year Honours.[2]

On 19 September 1967, he was created a life peer, as Baron Garnsworthy, of Reigate in the County of Surrey.[3]

He was appointed a Lord in Waiting in March 1974, but died in September of the same year.[1]

References
  1. "Lord Garnsworthy". The Times. 6 September 1974. p. 16.
  2. "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1964. p. 12.
  3. "No. 44411". The London Gazette. 19 September 1967. p. 10215.
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