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George Guthrie Moir MA (30 October 1917 - 29 November 1993), was a British television producer, Liberal Party politician, prominent Christian and writer who was one of the founders of Independent Television. BackgroundHe was the son of James William and May Flora Moir. He was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire and Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1951 he married Sheila Maureen Ryan, SRN. They had one son and two daughters.[1] One of his daughters was Suzy Moir who married The Reverend Canon David Reindorp. In 1940 he joined up with the 5th Suffolk Regiment as an officer. In 1942 he became a Prisoner of War in Singapore.[2] He was put to work on the notorious Burma Railway for three and a half years.[3] Political careerHe was a member of the Liberal Party. His first involvement in politics was being elected to Aylesbury Rural District Council[4] in 1947, on which he served for two years.[5] In 1949 he was elected as an Independent to Buckinghamshire County Council on which he served until 1975.[6] He stood as a Liberal candidate at the United Kingdom general election of 1950 in his home constituency of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. He finished third and did not stand for parliament again.[7] {{Election box begin|title=General Election 1950: Aylesbury}}{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Gerard Spencer Summers |votes = 17,623 |percentage = 44.7 |change = -3.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Anthony Shannon Harman |votes = 14,262 |percentage = 36.2 |change = +4.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = George Guthrie Moir |votes = 7,547 |percentage = 19.1 |change = -1.0 }}{{Election box majority |votes = 3,361 |percentage = 8.5 |change = -7.2 }}{{Election box turnout |votes = |percentage = 83.4 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -3.6 }}{{Election box end}} In 1950 he became the Director of the European Youth Campaign. In 1952 he was elected the second ever President of the World Assembly of Youth, serving until 1956.[8] Professional careerIn 1958 he became Assistant Controller and Executive Producer at Rediffusion Television. In 1968 he became head of Education and Religious programmes at Thames Television. (He was a Member of the General Synod of the Church of England, formerly House of Laity, Church Assembly, from 1956–75.)[9] Publications
He wrote contributions for The Times, Times Educational Supplement, Church Times, The Contemporary Review and The Frontier.[10] See also
References1. ^'MOIR, (George) Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:MOIR, George Guthrie}}2. ^'MOIR, (George) Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2014 3. ^"Guthrie Moir." Times [London, England] 4 Dec. 1993: 19. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 Sept. 2014. 4. ^The Times House of Commons, 1950 5. ^Who's Who of 475 Liberal Candidates fighting the 1950 General Election 6. ^'MOIR, (George) Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2014 7. ^British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973 by FWS Craig 8. ^'MOIR, (George) Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2014 9. ^'MOIR, (George) Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2014 10. ^'MOIR, (George) Guthrie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2014 12 : 1917 births|1993 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates|Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge|Liberal Party (UK) councillors|British Army personnel of World War II|World War II prisoners of war held by Japan|Suffolk Regiment officers|Independent councillors in the United Kingdom|Councillors in Buckinghamshire|Members of Buckinghamshire County Council|Burma Railway prisoners |
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