George Rogers (politician)
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George Henry Roland Rogers, CBE (9 December 1906 – 19 February 1983) was a British Labour Member of Parliament.
Rogers was educated at Middlesex elementary and grammar schools. He served as a councillor on Wembley Borough Council 1937-41 and worked as a railway clerk, then an industrial consultant with London Transport. He was a member of the TSSA. During World War II, he was a corporal in the Royal Signals.
Rogers was elected as MP for Kensington North in 1945. He was Secretary of the Parliamentary Painting Group 1950-1970 and Parliamentary Private Secretary to George Strauss, Minister of Supply from 1947 to 1949 and to Kenneth Younger, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in 1950. He was a delegate to the United Nations Assembly in 1950, and to the Council of Europe and Western European Union from 1961-63.
He served as an opposition Whip 1954-1964 and as Member of the Commons Chairmen's Panel 1952-1954 and 1966. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Government Whip, October 1964-January 1966. Rogers was appointed a CBE in 1965 and stepped down from parliament in 1970.
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