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Joseph Grimond, Barone Grimond (Saint Andrews, 29 luglio 1913 – Glasgow, 24 ottobre 1983) è stato un politico britannico, leader del Partito Liberale tra il 1956 ed il 1967 e nuovamente, ad interim, per un breve periodo nel 1976.
Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, CH, CBE, TD, PC ( / ˈɡrɪmənd /; 29 July 1913 – 24 October 1993) was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party for eleven years from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976.
Jo Grimond (born July 29, 1913, St. Andrews, Fife, Scot.—died Oct. 24, 1993, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands) was the leader of the British Liberal Party during its resurgence after World War II. Educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, Grimond was called to the bar in 1937.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Regarded by many contemporary Liberals as their spiritual leader and mentor, Jo Grimond was a figure of great magnetism and intellectual originality. He was once described as a politician on whom the gods smile, and inspired a rare degree of public affection.
25 ott 1993 · The tragedy scarred his father deeper than Grimond ever revealed -- autobiographical references to the boy are chillingly bright -- and it hastened abdication.
The Liberal Party’s revival under Jo Grimond’s leadership during the late 1950s and early 1960s was a seminal episode in modern British politics. After years in the political wilderness, the Liberals returned to public prominence, gained new support, and started winning by-elections.
Jo. GRImonD. Joseph (Jo) Grimond was born 100 years ago, on 29 July 1913. As leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 to 1967, Grimond made a diference not just to the fortunes of his party but to British politics, helping to end the two-party mould into which Britain had seemed to settle.
