| abstract | - Sir Norman George Mollett Prichard (14 April 1895 - 10 April 1972) was a Labour Party politician in the Battersea area. Born in Norfolk, he was educated at Henry Thornton School, Clapham and King's College London. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1924 and worked as a civil servant in the Inland Revenue for 34 years. A member of Battersea Borough Council from 1927, and was Mayor of Battersea in 1935–36. In 1950 he became a member of the London County Council when he was elected to fill a vacancy as an alderman. Two years later he became a councillor representing Hammersmith North until 1965. He was Chairman of the County Council in 1955-56. In 1965 both the Battersea Borough and London County Councils were abolished and Prichard became members of the successor authorities: Wandsworth London Borough Council from 1964–68 and the Greater London Council (representing Wandsworth) from 1964–67 and 1970-72. He was knighted in 1968. His family had strong connections with local government in London. His great grandfather, George Mollett Murphy, was a member of the London School Board; his grandfather, George Prichard, was a member of Lambeth Borough Council; his father, the Reverend Alfred Prichard, was a member of the London County Council and Mayor of Battersea, as was his brother Douglas. His son, Brian Prichard, was Mayor of Wandsworth in 2003-4.
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