John Hanscomb

John Collins Hanscomb C.B.E., M.A. (born 1924) is a retired Conservative politician from the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. Born in Bolton, he was educated at Bolton School, and Oundle School near Peterborough. After leaving school he served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force until 1953. He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge with an M.A. degree in modern languages. He married twice, firstly Joan Ryder at Christ Church, Heaton in 1950, and secondly Norma Gibbons at Bolton Register Office in 1976. His son, Dr Nicholas Hanscomb, a scientist who helped to develop DNA testing, was murdered after attending Notting Hill Carnival in 1991, aged 38. Hanscomb was first elected as a councillor for the...