Frank Byers
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The Right Honourable The Lord Byers OBE, PC, DL |
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Member of Parliament for North Dorset |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Angus Hambro |
| Succeeded by | Robert Crouch |
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Charles Frank Byers 24 July 1915 Wallasey, Cheshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 6 February 1984 (aged 68) Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Oliver (1939-1984; his death) |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Charles Frank Byers, Baron Byers, OBE, PC, DL (24 July 1915 – 6 February 1984) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Byers was born in Wallasey, Cheshire. He was the son of Charles Cecil Byers (1888-1957), a Lloyd's underwriter, who was Liberal candidate for Westbury at the 1935 general election. He moved with the family to Potters Bar and was educated at Westminster School, followed by Christ Church, Oxford, where he won a Blue for athletics. At Oxford he was president of the Union of Liberal Students and president of the University Liberal Club. His treasurer was Harold Wilson, later Labour Party prime minister. Byers was also an exchange scholar at Milton Academy, Massachusetts. While at the University of Oxford, where he gained his degree in PPE, he met Joan Oliver, whom he married in 1939. They had a son and three daughters. Joan Oliver was a committed Liberal in her own right and was a constant help to her husband during his political career.
Byers was admitted to Grays Inn after university, but broke off his legal education to enlist. During World War II, Byers served in the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and for a time serving on Field Marshal Montgomery's staff. He was mentioned in dispatches three times, was created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, was awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1944 he was made an OBE.
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