He was also a keen ornithologist and conservationist, and played a key role in the 1954 Protection of Birds Act.
He served as chairman of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' council, as president of the RSPB, and president of the West Midland Bird Club from 1960 to 1975 (when he was succeeded by his son-in-law, Tony Norris, the husband of his daughter Cicely Hurcomb (d.
[2] In July 1950 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hurcomb, of Campden Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington.
[3] He was awarded by the Netherlands with a Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau by Royal Decree no.
[6][7] The BR Standard Class 7 locomotive number 70001 was named Lord Hurcomb in his honour.