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'''Stormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft''' (27 July 1914 – 14 September 1987), born '''Stormont Mancroft Samuel''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1047.htm |title=Mancroft, Baron (UK, 1937) |accessdate=6 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525201555/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1047.htm |archivedate=25 May 2010 }}</ref> was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative]] politician.

==Early life==
Mancroft was the son of [[Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft]], and [[Phoebe Fletcher]]. In 1925 he assumed by [[deed poll]] the surname "Mancroft". He was educated at [[Winchester College]], Kingsgate House (K), [[Christ Church, Oxford]], obtaining a law degree, and [[Bonn]] University, where he studied music. In 1938 he became a [[barrister]] at the [[Inner Temple]].<ref>Old Wykehamist Register 1974, page 213</ref> He served in the [[Second World War]] as a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] in the [[British Army during the Second World War|British Army]], was twice [[Mentioned in Despatches]] and awarded the [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]].

==Political career==
After the war, he served in the [[Third Churchill ministry|Conservative administrations]] of [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Anthony Eden]] as a [[government whip]] from 1952 to 1954 and as [[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]] from 1954 to 1957. When [[Harold Macmillan]] became Prime Minister in January 1957, Mancroft was appointed [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]], [[Duncan Sandys]], a post he held until June the same year, and was then [[Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Minister without Portfolio]] from 1957 to 1958.

==Writing==
He was a frequent contributor of humorous articles to [[Punch (magazine)|Punch]] magazine and other publications. Three books of his articles have been published:
*"Booking the Cooks", 1969.<ref>{{cite book|title=Booking the Cooks|year=1969|publisher=K. Mason|pages=135|author=Stormont Mancroft|authorlink=Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft}}</ref>
*"A Chinaman in My Bath, and Other Pieces", 1974.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Chinaman in My Bath, and Other Pieces|year=1974|publisher=Bachman & Turner|isbn=9780859740104|pages=188|author=Stormont Mancroft|authorlink=Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft}}</ref>
*"Bees in some Bonnets", 1979.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bees in some Bonnets|year=1979|publisher=Bachman & Turner|pages=214|author=Stormont Mancroft|authorlink=Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft}}</ref>
Over half of the third book consists of material published in the previous two books.

==Family==
Lord Mancroft married [[Diana Lloyd,]] daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel [[Horace Lloyd]], on 8 May 1951. They have three children:
*Hon. [[Victoria Lucinda Mancroft]] (7 March 1952), married Prince [[Frederick Nicholas]] of Prussia (son of [[Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)|Prince Frederick of Prussia]]) on 27 February 1980.
*Hon. [[Jessica Rosetta Mancroft]] (10 May 1954), married [[Simon Dickinson]] on 15 October 1983.
*[[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft]] (16 May 1957), married Emma Louisa Peart on 20 September 1990.

Diana Lloyd was married before to Richard Bridges St. John Quarry. They have two daughters: Venetia, Mrs Frederick Barker, then Viscountess Wimborne (born 1942),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theoldmapshop.com/products/miss-venetia-quarry-country-life-magazine-portrait-november-8-1962-vol-cxxxii-no-3427?pr_prod_strat=description&pr_rec_id=ab73123e2&pr_rec_pid=6706349670460&pr_ref_pid=6734760673340&pr_seq=uniform | title=Miss Venetia Quarry Country Life Magazine Portrait November 8, 1962 Vol. CXXXII No. 3427 }}</ref> and [[Miranda Macmillan|Miranda, Countess of Stockton]] (1947–2020).

==Arab boycott==

:Lord Mancroft, the Jewish business leader who resigned from the [[Norwich Union Insurance Company]]’s board under Arab boycott pressure, rejected today an invitation from the insurance firm to return to the board. The offer of reinstatement was made in a formal statement by the big insurance company yesterday at the same time that British Government spokesmen condemned the Arab boycott and blacklisting of British firms in sharp debate in both Houses of Parliament. The British peer turned down the offer in a letter to the company’s president. Sir [[Robert Bignold]], in which he wrote: “I am sure the implications of your invitation will be understood both at home and abroad. I feel, however, that after all that has happened, my re-association with the Norwich Union could not lead to a proper working relationship. I must therefore with regret decline your offer.” The peer told reporters later that he did not wish to add anything to his letter. The incident continued to have repercussions, including a conference last night of ambassadors in London of 12 Arab countries at which the envoys expressed “surprise” at the statement yesterday in the House of Lords by Lord Carrington, Deputy Foreign Secretary, strongly disapproving pressures exerted by Arab embassies in London against British firms suspected or known to be trading with Israel. The statement also was made in the House of Commons.<ref>[https://www.jta.org/archive/lord-mancroft-declines-to-rejoin-firm-which-yielded-to-arabs Lord Mancroft Declines to Rejoin Firm Which Yielded to Arabs] December 12, 1963.</ref>

==Resources==
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
==See also==
*Sir [[Isaac Wolfson]]<ref>https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1964/08/13/01/article/39/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1</ref>

==Notes==