could still be angered by pacifist sentiment. In February 1960 he claimed that the Labour Party had "sent one of their chief leaders to Swaythling to stop men making Spitfires". Despite uproar among Labour MPs present, he refused to withdraw. In February 1961, Prior-Palmer signed, but later withdrew his name from, a motion critical of the constitutional development of Northern Rhodesia. Retirement On 7 November 1963, Prior-Palmer announced that owing to "personal reasons and reasons of ill-health", he would not be a candidate at the next general election. He had in the meantime become involved in business in the field of commercial radio, as an investor. In 1964 he divorced his second wife and married his third, Elizabeth Henderson. They had two sons in the mid-1960s. References Sources M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981) "Who Was Who", A & C Black Thepeerage.com External links Generals of World War II Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Knights Bachelor Companions of the Distinguished Service Order 1897 births 1986 deaths Northamptonshire Yeomanry officers Politicians awarded knighthoods British Army personnel of World War II British Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Dublin (city)