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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.
Grimond, Joseph (‘Jo’ Grimond) (1913–93). Liberal leader. Born in St Andrews, son of a Dundee jute manufacturer, Grimond went to Eton and Balliol, and was called to the bar in 1937.
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.
In 1955, five of the Liberals elected benefited from arrangements, informal or otherwise, in which they were not opposed by Conservative candidates, Jo Grimond being the only Liberal MP to have defeated candidates from both main parties.
