Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart
Robert Adam Ross "Bob" Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart PC (born June 26, 1936 in Glasgow - † January 18, 2020 ) was a British liberal democratic politician and life peer .
He was the last party leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) before the merger with the Liberal Party in 1988. He was then temporarily the party leader of the new party, which was called Social and Liberal Democrats (SLD) , before becoming the Liberal Democrats were.
Political career
Maclennan graduated from Glasgow Academy , Balliol College in Oxford , Trinity College in Cambridge and Columbia University in New York City .
In 1966 he was elected to the British House of Commons for the constituency of Caithness and Sutherland , he held this seat until 1997; and after redrafting the constituencies for the constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross from 1997 to 2001.
He entered parliament for Labor and was junior minister during the Labor administration from 1974–1979, but in 1981 he defected and was one of the founding members of the SDP. He was one of the few Social Democrats to win a seat in the British general election in 1983 . After his time as party leader of the SDP in 1988, he was spokesman for the Liberal Democrats and was their president from 1994 to 1998.
On the occasion of his departure from the House of Commons, he was raised to Life Peer as Baron Maclennan of Rogart , of Rogart in Sutherland , and moved into the House of Lords . He was spokesman for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
Web links
- Lord Maclennan of Rogart profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
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| SURNAME | Maclennan, Robert, Baron Maclennan of Rogart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maclennan, Robert Adam Ross, Baron Maclennan of Rogart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Liberal Democrat politician, Member of the House of Commons and Life Peer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 2020 |