he came a close second to the Conservative candidate. In 1955, he stood for Bexley, which was won by the Conservative incumbent, future party leader and Prime Minister Edward Heath with 28,610 votes (54.27%), whilst Minney, for Labour, won 24,111 votes (45.73%). In July 1956, Minney went to Peking to speak at the centenary celebrations for George Bernard Shaw. This was covered in his book Next Stop--Peking: Record of a 16,000 Mile Journey Through Russia, Siberia, and China. The Times reviewer (28 November 1957) wrote, "Mr Minney does not pretend to know. He was invited to China to take part in the Shaw centenary celebrations and stayed to do the regular tour and be impressed. This is another delegate's view among the many we have lately had from China – easily readable, superficial." Personal life Minney married Edith Anne Murielle Fox in 1918. In 1933, he was living at "Little Walcott", on Bishops Avenue in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London; they later they lived at Lawford House, Manningtree in Essex. They had two children, Primrose and Robin Paul. The first marriage was dissolved and he married Hetty (née Bolsom), becoming stepfather of Penelope Janet Chisholm. They lived in Hook House, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, Sussex, and Bewl Water reservoir came close to the house when it was filled in 1975. He was a member of the Savage Club. Death He died in Ticehurst, Sussex on 5 January 1979, aged 83. A memorial service was held at St James's, Piccadilly on 5 April 1979; former Labour Prime Minister Sir Harold Wilson MP read the lesson, whilst actress Virginia McKenna read a poem from her film Carve Her Name with Pride. The address was given by Dulcie Gray, and Muriel Pavlow said the prayer of St Francis. Filmography Clive of India (1935) Dear Octopus (1943) Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944) A Place of One's Own (1944) Love Story (1944) They Were Sisters (1945) The Wicked Lady (1945) Caravan (1946) The Magic Bow (1947) The Idol of Paris (1948) Time Gentlemen Please! (1952) The Final Test (1953) Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) Bibliography Novels Maki (1921) The Road to Delhi (1923) Distant Drums (1935) How Vainly Men (1940) A Woman of France (1945) Nothing to Lose (1946) (filmed as Time Gentlemen, Please!, 1952) Bring Out the Drum (1950) The Governor's Wife (1951) Anne of the Sealed Knot (1972) Biographies Clive of India (1931,