Geoffrey Bing was born on 24th July, 1909. Educated at Tonbridge School
and Lincoln College, Oxford,
he became a lawyer.
A
member of the Labour Party, Bing was elected
to represent Hornchurch in the 1945 General Election.
In the House of Commons Bing associated
with a group of left-wing members that included Konni
Zilliacus,
Ian Mikardo, Barbara
Castle, Sydney
Silverman and Emrys Hughes.
Bing
was defeated in the 1955 General Election.
The following year he moved to Ghana where he was Constitutional Adviser
to President Kwame Nkrumah (1956-66). He also worked as Attorney General
of Ghana (1957-61).
Geoffrey
Bing died on 24th
April, 1977.
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