Derek Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne

Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne PC, TD, QC, Bt. (13 April 1910 – 22 January 1992), known as Sir Derek Walker-Smith, Bt., from 1960 to 1983, was a British Conservative Party politician.

The son of Sir Jonah Walker-Smith (1874–1964), Walker-Smith was educated at Rossall School and Christ Church, Oxford. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1934. He was vice-chairman of the Inns of Court Conservative and Unionist Society and was made Queen's Counsel in 1955.

Walker-Smith was Member of Parliament for Hertford from 1945 to 1955, and East Hertfordshire from 1955 to 1983. He was vice-chair of the 1922 Committee 1951-55. He held ministerial positions, including Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1956–57), at the Board of Trade (1955–56 and 1957), and Health (1957–59).

Walker-Smith was created a baronet, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertford, in 1960. On 21 September 1983, he was elevated to a life peerage as Baron Broxbourne, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire. The life barony became extinct on his death in 1992 while he was succeeded in the hereditary baronetcy by his son Jonah.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Murray Sueter	Member of Parliament for Hertford 1945 – 1955	Succeeded by Lord Balniel
New constituency	Member of Parliament for East Hertfordshire 1955 – 1983	Constituency abolished
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Broxbourne) 1960 – 1992	Succeeded by Jonah Walker-Smith
Political offices
Preceded by Edward Boyle	Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1956 – 1957	Succeeded by Nigel Birch
Preceded by Dennis Vosper	Minister of Health 1957 – 1960	Succeeded by Enoch Powell