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Bernard Stephen Townroe (1885-22 July 1962) was a journalist and magistrate who was twice Mayor of Hampstead. Born in Nottingham, he saw active service in the First World War before securing a position in the Ministry of Health working on the financing of state housing. He was to maintain an interest in social housing, and wrote a number of articles and books on the subject and on slum clearance and on the reconstruction of bomb-damaged buildings. He was also active in Conservative Party politics, and stood unsuccessfully for the party in his native Nottinghamshire at the 1945 general election.

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  • Bernard Stephen Townroe (1885-22 July 1962) was a journalist and magistrate who was twice Mayor of Hampstead. Born in Nottingham, he saw active service in the First World War before securing a position in the Ministry of Health working on the financing of state housing. He was to maintain an interest in social housing, and wrote a number of articles and books on the subject and on slum clearance and on the reconstruction of bomb-damaged buildings. He was also active in Conservative Party politics, and stood unsuccessfully for the party in his native Nottinghamshire at the 1945 general election.
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  • Bernard Stephen Townroe (1885-22 July 1962) was a journalist and magistrate who was twice Mayor of Hampstead. Born in Nottingham, he saw active service in the First World War before securing a position in the Ministry of Health working on the financing of state housing. He was to maintain an interest in social housing, and wrote a number of articles and books on the subject and on slum clearance and on the reconstruction of bomb-damaged buildings. He moved to the County of London, where he became a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant. He became a member of Hampstead Borough Council, and was Mayor for two consecutive terms in 1934-36. During World War Two he was Director of Press Censorship at the Ministry of Information. At the end of the war he was awarded the OBE, later raised to CBE in 1957. He was also active in Conservative Party politics, and stood unsuccessfully for the party in his native Nottinghamshire at the 1945 general election. Other interests included being secretary of the Anglo-British Society. He moved to Hampshire in 1945, where he became chairman of the Aldershot Conservative Association and a deputy lieutenant. He died there in 1962 aged 77.
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