Peter Emery

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Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery (February 27, 1926 – December 9, 2004) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Emery was born in London, but was evacuated to the United States during World War II. He was educated at Scotch Plains High School, New Jersey before serving with the Royal Air Force. He attended Oriel College, Oxford. While at Oriel he founded the political group United Europe with Sir Edward Boyle, Peter Kirk, and Dick Taverne. He was librarian of the Oxford Union.

Emery was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council, chairing the housing committee. He was a school governor and a member of the executive committee of the London Municipal Society.

He stood for Parliament without success in Poplar at the 1955 general election and Lincoln. He first gained a seat in parliament at the 1959 general election, when he famously ousted trade unionist Ian Mikardo from his Reading seat. He became a founding member of the Bow Group.

Emery spent most of his long political career as a backbencher, although he did serve as a junior minister under Edward Heath and, during his final term, served as treasurer of the powerful 1922 committee.

He served as a member of Parliament continuously for Reading, Honiton, and East Devon until stepping down at the 2001 general election. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1993.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ian Mikardo	Member of Parliament for Reading 1959–1966	Succeeded by John Lee
Preceded by Robert Mathew	Member of Parliament for Honiton 1967–1997	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for East Devon 1997–2001	Succeeded by Hugo Swire