Sir Cyril Wilson Black was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon from 1950 to his retirement at the 1970 general election. He was a prominent member of the Baptist denomination serving with distinction in the Baptist Churches of the South West London Group, London Baptist Association and Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland [as it then was].

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  • Sir Cyril Wilson Black was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon from 1950 to his retirement at the 1970 general election. He was a prominent member of the Baptist denomination serving with distinction in the Baptist Churches of the South West London Group, London Baptist Association and Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland [as it then was]. He was one time President of the London Baptist Association; and an active participant and committee member in the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's 1955 All-Scotland and London Crusades and the 1966 London Crusade. He was also a member of the Free Church Federal Council and used his influence to try to counter the Macmillan government's attempts to liberalise Gambling Laws. He was on the conservative evangelical wing of the denomination and used his influence to curb ecumenism. He spoke at many public meetings and was a prolific correspondent to the Baptist Times. He was involved in the new King James Version of the Bible and participated in the initial meeting in London in early 1976 and attended the final meetings at St. Andrews University in July 1981 and "contributed wisdom in written form at other times" [preface to the Bible] Sir Cyril Black, served as a Justice of the Peace, Her Majesty's Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Greater London, and resided at Beaumont House, London. Sir Cyril Black Way in Wimbledon is named after its famous former Councillor, Alderman and Member of Parliament, as is a local Community Centre. Sir Cyril Black was also grandfather to Andrew Black.
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  • Sir Cyril Wilson Black was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wimbledon from 1950 to his retirement at the 1970 general election. He was a prominent member of the Baptist denomination serving with distinction in the Baptist Churches of the South West London Group, London Baptist Association and Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland [as it then was].
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  • Cyril Black
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