Dick Mitchison
Gilbert Richard Mitchison, Baron Mitchison of Carradale otherwise known as Dick Mitchison ( 23 March 1894–14 February 1970) was a British Labour politician.
Biography
He married the writer Naomi Haldane (daughter of John Scott Haldane and sister of J.B.S. Haldane) in 1916. They had six children; four sons; Geoffrey (1918-1927) Denis (born 1919) later a professor of bacteriology, Murdoch (born 1922), and Avrion (born 1928), both professors of zoology. Their daughters were Sonja and Valentine.
He was the Labour Member of Parliament for Kettering between 1945 and 1964. He was given a life peerage, created Baron Michison of Carradale in the County of Argyll on 5 October 1964.