Richard Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham
Richard Gordon Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham CBE PC (born May 27, 1936 in London , † May 4, 2008 in Lurgashall , West Sussex ) was a British politician ( Liberal Democrat ).
He studied law at Oxford University and Harvard Business School .
Career
Holme joined the Liberal Party in 1959 and was elected chairman in 1980 and 1981. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons five times , first in 1964 and 1965 for East Grinstead , 1974 in Braintree , Essex , and most recently in 1983 and 1987 for Cheltenham for a seat in the House of Commons. In 1988 he advocated the merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democrats and then joined this party.
Holme was a close advisor to both David Steel and Paddy Ashdown , who succeeded him as the first chairman of the Liberal Democrats after the merger. Since May 1990 he was life peer as Baron Holme of Cheltenham , of Cheltenham in the County of Gloucestershire, he was accepted as Commander in the Order of the British Empire . In 2000 he was appointed to the Privy Council . His appointment as Chairman of the Board of the Office of Communications in 1999 did not last long when News of the World accused him of being involved in a sex scandal and he resigned as a result. From 2001 to June 2007 he was chairman of the Hansard Society , which publishes the minutes of the sessions of the British Parliament.
He was married to Kathleen Powell since 1958, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.
Web links
- Richard Holme at Hansard (English)
- Obituaries: Lord Holme of Cheltenham , obituaries in The Telegraph, May 5, 2008
- Hansard Society Chair pays tribute to Lord Holme , obituary at the Hansard Society of May 6, 2008 (English)
- Obituary: Lord Holme of Cheltenham , obituary by Trevor Smith in The Guardian, May 6, 2008
- Lord Holme of Cheltenham: Liberal Party strategist who advised on merger with the SDP and co-operation with new Labor , obituary in The Times, May 6, 2008
- Veteran Lib Dem Lord Holme dies , BBC News, May 5, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Gordon Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
- ^ "By day he decides what YOU watch on TV. By night he indulges his fantasies - NOW investigation" by Neville Thurlbeck & Ray Levine. News of the World article from October 22, 2000.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Holme, Richard, Baron Holme of Cheltenham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holme, Richard Gordon, Baron Holme of Cheltenham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician (Liberal Democrat) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 2008 |
| Place of death | Lurgashall , West Sussex |