Major William Whitehead Hicks Beach (23 March 1907 – 1 January 1975) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Cheltenham from 1950 to 1964 and was also an Alderman of Cheltenham Borough Council. Life The son of Ellis Hicks Beach (1874–1943) by his marriage to Nancy Whitehead, he was the grandson of William Frederick Hicks-Beach (1841–1923), a younger brother of Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn. He was promoted to Captain in the Territorial Army Royal Armoured Corps On 12 September 1939 Hicks-Beach married Diana Hoare (1911–2002), a daughter of Christopher Gurney Hoare, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth (later Mrs Hinson) and Rosemary (later Mrs Naylor), and one son, Mark Hicks Beach (1943–1998). He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's, Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire. A road on the Hesters Way housing estate in Cheltenham is named after him. Notes References External links 1907 births 1975 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 William Whitehead Councillors in Gloucestershire Politics of Cheltenham