biography
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Grimond (of Firth), Jo(seph) Grimond, Baron
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pronunciation:
[grimuhnd]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1913–93)
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| biography:
| British politician, born in St Andrews, Fife, E Scotland, UK. He studied at Oxford, was called to the bar in 1937, served in World War 2, and entered parliament in 1950. Elected leader of the Liberal Party (1956–67), he was largely responsible for the modernizing of both the Party and Liberalism, and called for a ‘realignment of the left’ of British politics. He served again as Party leader for a short period following the resignation of Jeremy Thorpe (1976), retiring from the House of Commons in 1983, when he was created a life peer. He was also Chancellor of the University of Kent (1970–90). |
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