John Leonard, Baron Leonard
John Denis Leonard, Baron Leonard OBE ( October 19, 1909 - July 17, 1983 ) was a British Labor Party politician who became a member of the House of Lords in 1978 as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 .
Life
Leonard was committed to the Labor Party in local politics and was for several years a member of both the City Council of Cardiff ( Cardiff City Council ) and Chairman of the Council of the county South Glamorgan ( South Glamorgan County Council ). For his services he was awarded the Officer's Cross ( Officer ) of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
By a letters patent dated May 2, 1978, Leonard was raised to the nobility as a life peer under the Life Peerages Act 1958 entitled Baron Leonard , of the City of Cardiff in the County of South Glamorgan , and belonged to the House until his death of Lords as a member. Its official introduction to the House of Lords was on June 14, 1978 with the assistance of Eirene White, Baroness White and Gordon Parry, Baron Parry .
Web links
- John Leonard in Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- John Denis Leonard, Baron Leonard on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 47495, HMSO, London, March 20, 1978, p. 3573 ( PDF , accessed February 5, 2014, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 47524, HMSO, London, May 4, 1978, p. 5191 ( PDF , accessed February 5, 2014, English).
- ↑ Entry in Hansard (June 14, 1978)
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| SURNAME | Leonard, John, Baron Leonard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonard, John Denis, Baron Leonard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1909 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1983 |