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Richard Rapier Stokes, MC (27 January 1897 – 3 August 1957) was a British soldier and Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951. The second son of Philip Folliott Stokes and his wife Mary Fenwick Rapier, the only surviving child of Richard Christopher Rapier (1836–1897) of Ransomes & Rapier, Richard Stokes was educated at Downside School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War I, winning the Military Cross and bar and the Croix de Guerre. His uncle Sir Wilfred Stokes, chairman and managing director of the engineering firm Ransomes & Rapier invented the Stokes Mortar in World War I. His uncle Leonard Stokes was an architect who designed the new buildings at Downside School (built 1912, when

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  • Richard Rapier Stokes MC (* 27. Januar 1897 in Balham, London; † 3. August 1957 in London) war ein britischer Politiker der Labour Party, der von 1938 bis zu seinem Tod 1957 den Wahlkreis Ipswich als Mitglied im House of Commons vertrat und unter anderem 1951 kurzzeitig Lordsiegelbewahrer war. (de)
  • Richard Rapier Stokes, MC (27 January 1897 – 3 August 1957) was a British soldier and Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951. The second son of Philip Folliott Stokes and his wife Mary Fenwick Rapier, the only surviving child of Richard Christopher Rapier (1836–1897) of Ransomes & Rapier, Richard Stokes was educated at Downside School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War I, winning the Military Cross and bar and the Croix de Guerre. His uncle Sir Wilfred Stokes, chairman and managing director of the engineering firm Ransomes & Rapier invented the Stokes Mortar in World War I. His uncle Leonard Stokes was an architect who designed the new buildings at Downside School (built 1912, when Richard was at Downside). Richard Stokes was chairman (1939) and supporter of the School of Economic Science. On going down from Cambridge he joined his family's business, Ransomes & Rapier, and was made managing director at the age of 30. When rearmament was proposed by the National Government Stokes offered to charge the nation cost price for all his firm's rearmament work. It was rejected by the National Government and shortly afterwards he joined the Labour Party. Though he held office under Labour governments he was said to have remained a backbencher at heart. Stokes won the Ipswich seat in a 1938 by-election, which he kept in the 1945, 1950, 1951 and 1955 elections. He was known for his independence in parliament, including, with Bishop George Bell and fellow Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Alfred Salter, opposing area strategic bombing during World War II. Stokes was also a prominent critic of the inadequacy of Allied tank design. Prior to the war, he co-wrote a paper (with Andrew MacLaren and George Lansbury) analysing the economic forces menacing peace in Europe. After the RAF's bombing of Dresden on the night of 13 February and the early hours of 14 February 1945, his questions in the House about the act were in part responsible for the reappraisal of the Government's bombing policy in the last month of the war in Europe. He raised other issues after the war relating to Yalta and the forced repatriation of Yugoslavs, and the treatment of Dr George Chatterton-Hill in Germany. Following the 1945 general election, Labour were returned to power. Stokes devoted much of his energy to the Friends of Ireland group, of which he was treasurer. He was appointed Lord Privy Seal and the new position of Minister of Materials in April 1951, succeeding Ernest Bevin but served only a few months before Labour lost the 1951 general election. He aimed to show that the proposed armaments programme could be carried out, contrary to Aneurin Bevan and Harold Wilson (who had resigned over this and other issues). Stokes died at home on 3 August 1957 in London of a heart attack, according to his death notice. A few days before, on 23 July, he had been in a road accident when his car overturned during a thunderstorm on the flooded London road at Stanway near Colchester. (en)
  • Richard Rapier Stokes, né le 27 janvier 1897 et mort le 3 août 1957, est un homme politique britannique. (fr)
  • Richard Rapier Stokes (ur. 27 stycznia 1897, zm. 3 sierpnia 1957) – brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Pracy, minister w drugim rządzie Clementa Attleego. Wykształcenie odebrał w Downside School, w Royal Military Academy w Woolwich oraz w Trinity College na Uniwersytecie Cambridge. Podczas I wojny światowej służył w szeregach . Za postawę na polu walki otrzymał Military Cross oraz Croix de Guerre. W 1917 r. otrzymał awans do stopnia majora. Po wojnie został prezesem i dyrektorem zarządzającym w firmie Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. W 1935 r. bez powodzenia startował w wyborach parlamentarnych w okręgu Glasgow Central. W 1938 r. został wybrany do Izby Gmin w wyborach uzupełniających w okręgu Ipswich. Podczas II wojny światowej krytykował naloty dywanowe na niemieckie miasta. W 1950 r. został ministrem robót. W 1951 r. bez krótki czas był Lordem Tajnej Pieczęci. W latach 1955-1956 był mówcą Partii Pracy ds. obrony. Stokes zmarł w 1957 r. (pl)
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  • Richard Rapier Stokes MC (* 27. Januar 1897 in Balham, London; † 3. August 1957 in London) war ein britischer Politiker der Labour Party, der von 1938 bis zu seinem Tod 1957 den Wahlkreis Ipswich als Mitglied im House of Commons vertrat und unter anderem 1951 kurzzeitig Lordsiegelbewahrer war. (de)
  • Richard Rapier Stokes, né le 27 janvier 1897 et mort le 3 août 1957, est un homme politique britannique. (fr)
  • Richard Rapier Stokes, MC (27 January 1897 – 3 August 1957) was a British soldier and Labour politician who served briefly as Lord Privy Seal in 1951. The second son of Philip Folliott Stokes and his wife Mary Fenwick Rapier, the only surviving child of Richard Christopher Rapier (1836–1897) of Ransomes & Rapier, Richard Stokes was educated at Downside School, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War I, winning the Military Cross and bar and the Croix de Guerre. His uncle Sir Wilfred Stokes, chairman and managing director of the engineering firm Ransomes & Rapier invented the Stokes Mortar in World War I. His uncle Leonard Stokes was an architect who designed the new buildings at Downside School (built 1912, when (en)
  • Richard Rapier Stokes (ur. 27 stycznia 1897, zm. 3 sierpnia 1957) – brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Pracy, minister w drugim rządzie Clementa Attleego. Wykształcenie odebrał w Downside School, w Royal Military Academy w Woolwich oraz w Trinity College na Uniwersytecie Cambridge. Podczas I wojny światowej służył w szeregach . Za postawę na polu walki otrzymał Military Cross oraz Croix de Guerre. W 1917 r. otrzymał awans do stopnia majora. Po wojnie został prezesem i dyrektorem zarządzającym w firmie Ransomes & Rapier Ltd. W 1935 r. bez powodzenia startował w wyborach parlamentarnych w okręgu Glasgow Central. (pl)
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