SIR Anthony Kershaw, who was Conservative MP for Stroud between 1955 to 1987, died on April 29 aged 92. Sir Anthony was born in Cairo in 1915 and later educated at Eton and Balliol College in Oxford before becoming a barrister in 1939. He served with the Thames River Police at the beginning of World War II, and was then commissioned in the 16th/5th Lancers, winning the Military Cross. After the war he joined the Inns of Court Regiment in the Territorial Army and in 1951 he transferred to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commanded the regiment. Sir Anthony served as a member of the London County Council between 1946 and 1949 and as a councillor on the Westminster City Council from 1947 until 1948. He also contested Gloucester in 1950 and 1951 and was a junior minister during the 1970-1974 Conservative government, for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Defence. * Tributes can be left to Sir Anthony at stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk

10:34am Tuesday 6th May 2008

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