John Hynd

John Burns Hynd (4 April 1902 – 8 November 1971) was a British Labour politician.

The Right Honourable John Burns Hynd
Minister of Pensions
In office 17 April 1947 – 7 October 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	Wilfred Paling
Succeeded by	George Buchanan
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 4 August 1945 – 17 April 1947
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Clement Attlee
Preceded by	James Arthur Salter
Succeeded by	The Lord Pakenham
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe
In office 21 February 1944 – 18 June 1970
Preceded by	Cecil Henry Wilson
Succeeded by	Patrick Duffy

Educated at St Ninian's Episcopal School and Caledonian Road School, Perth, he left school at 14 and became a Railway Clerk in the District Office of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Perth, where he worked until 1925. He then became a Trade Union Clerk with the National Union of Railwaymen until 1944.

Hynd was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Attercliffe at a by-election in 1944, holding the seat until 1970. He held office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for Germany and Austria, 1945–1947, and as Minister of Pensions during 1947.

He was a Member of the General Medical Council from 1950 to 1955. He was Chairman of the Anglo-German and Anglo-Latin American Parliamentary Groups. He was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit with Star (West German Republic) in 1958, the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and Great Golden Cross of Honour with Star (Austria). He died in Enfield aged 69.

References

• The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.
• The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
• The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Burns Hynd
• Newspaper clippings about John Hynd in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
• Catalogue of the John Burns Hynd papers held at the Churchill Archives Centre