Dick Taverne
English barrister; Liberal Democrat life peer (born 1928)
Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, QC (born 18 October 1928) is an English Liberal Democrat politician and life peer in the House of Lords.[1]
The Lord Taverne | |
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| Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies | |
| In office 1970–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | John Kay |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 13 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Harold Lever |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Jenkin |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 5 February 1996 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Lincoln | |
| In office 8 March 1962 – 10 October 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey de Freitas |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 October 1928 |
| Political party | Labour (−1972) Democratic Labour (1972–80) Social Democratic (1981–88) Liberal Democrats (1988–) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
References change
- ↑ "Dick Taverne: "Some of the Labour Party people have absolutely nowhere to go"". www.newstatesman.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
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