Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick

Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick, (21 August 1911 – 17 August 1987) was a British Labour Co-operative politician.

Early life Born in 1911 in Nottinghamshire, Beswick's father was a coal miner. He was born and lived Hucknall. He attended the Hucknall Upper Standard School. He had three sisters.

He was educated at the Working Men's College in London. He served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Commonwealth Office from 1965 then became Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords in 1967. Continuing in the whip role into Opposition in 1970, in 1974 he was appointed Minister of State for Industry and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, serving until 1975, and later became the first Chairman of British Aerospace.

His father Jesse died on Sunday 28 December 1947. Frank was at home in Hucknall, when his father died, aged 78. He was the only person from Hucknall to sit as an MP.

He married Dora Rafters (1910–94). He died at St George’s Hospital in Tooting,

His sister, Amy Burton, died aged 86 on Sunday January 1991, and had lived on Perlethorpe Drive for 53 years.