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Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, CH, CBE, TD, PC (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ m ə n d /; 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.
Joseph Grimond, Barone Grimond 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. Fu uno strenuo sostenitore dell'home rule per la Scozia, e durante la sua leadership sostenne con successo il sostegno liberale all'abolizione dell'arsenale ...
Leader of his party for 10 years from 1956, and perhaps the most influential parliamentarian of our time never to have been in government, Jo Grimond, who has died aged 80, played a key part in...
8 mar 2024 · 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.
Jo Grimond was born on 29 July 1913 in St Andrews, Fife, the son of a local jute manufacturer. Educated at Eton and Oxford he married Laura Bonham-Carter in 1938. She was the daughter of Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, Asquith’s daughter, who was once described as the formidable high priestess of Liberalism.
10 lug 2020 · I picked Jo Grimond, who saved the Liberal Party from disastrous election results and had a plan for a realignment on the left of British politics. You might be able to spot some parallels there… No surprise that for my guest, I’m joined by the closest thing the party has to an official historian, Duncan Brack.