Baron Calverley, of the City of Bradford

Bradford

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 in the West Riding of Yorkshire

West Riding of Yorkshire

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1945 for the Labour

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 politician George Muff

George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley

George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley was a British Labour politician.Muff was the son of George Muff, a miner of Bradford, Yorkshire, and his wife Sarah Jane , and initially worked as a textile worker. Between 1923 and 1929 he was a member of the Bradford City Council...

. He had previously represented Kingston upon Hull East

Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1971.

Barons Calverley (1945)

• George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley
  George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley
  George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley was a British Labour politician.Muff was the son of George Muff, a miner of Bradford, Yorkshire, and his wife Sarah Jane , and initially worked as a textile worker. Between 1923 and 1929 he was a member of the Bradford City Council...
  
  (1877–1955)
• George Raymond Orford Muff, 2nd Baron Calverley (1914–1971)
• Charles Rodney Muff, 3rd Baron Calverley (b. 1946)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Jonathan Edward Muff (b. 1975)