Stanley Eskell

Stanley Eskell
Chairman of Committees
In office
2 August 1967  6 March 1969
Preceded by Ernest Gerard Wright
Succeeded by Thomas McKay
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
In office
23 April 1958  5 November 1978
Personal details
Born (1918-01-04)4 January 1918
Perth, Western Australia
Died 6 June 2000(2000-06-06) (aged 82)
London, England
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Military service
Service/branch Citizens Military Force
Years of service 1938–70
Rank Brigadier
Commands University of New South Wales Regiment (1955–58)
Battles/wars Second World War
Awards Efficiency Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches

Stanley Louis Mowbray Eskell, ED (4 January 1918 – 6 June 2000) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Perth, Western Australia, to clerk Stanley Herbert Eskell and Muriel Kerr. He attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon and in 1939 was a lieutenant in the Staff Corps. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Second Australian Imperial Force, being promoted to major and mentioned in despatches in 1942. In 1944 he went to the United States Army staff school at Fort Leavenworth, and for the remainder of the war was part of the Australian Military Mission in Washington, D.C. After the war he was managing director of a number of companies, and in 1958 he entered the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Liberal Party member. He was Government Whip from 1966 to 1967 and Chairman of Committees from 1967 to 1969. Eskell left the Assembly in 1978 and died in London in 2000.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of New South Wales (2008). "Mr Stanley Louis Mowbray Eskell, E.D. (1918–2000)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
W. M. McGilvray
Commanding Officer of the University of New South Wales Regiment
1955–1958
Succeeded by
J. McCarty
New South Wales Legislative Council
Preceded by
Ernest Gerard Wright
Chairman of Committees
1967–1969
Succeeded by
Thomas McKay
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