Dick Taverne

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 byPosition Established
Succeeded byJohn Kay
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
13 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byHarold Lever
Succeeded byPatrick 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 byGeoffrey de Freitas
Succeeded byMargaret Jackson
Personal details
Born (1928-10-18) 18 October 1928 (age 95)
Political partyLabour (−1972)
Democratic Labour (1972–80) Social Democratic (1981–88) Liberal Democrats (1988–)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

References

  1. "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.