Jo Grimond

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Jo Grimond was a British Liberal politician who revitalized and modernized the Liberal Party in the mid-20th century, serving as its influential leader and shaping its postwar identity.

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Jo Grimond canonical 9

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instanceOf British politician
Liberal Party politician
human
causeOfDeath cancer
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1913-07-29
dateOfDeath 1993-10-24
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford
Eton College
employer Liberal Party (UK)
endTime 1967
1983
familyName Grimond
fatherInLaw Maurice Bonham Carter
givenName Joseph
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology liberalism
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
militaryBranch British Army
motherInLaw Violet Bonham Carter
movement social liberalism
notableWork A Personal Manifesto
The Liberal Challenge
linked to: The Liberal Future

The Liberal Future
parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK)
placeOfBirth Fife
Scotland
St Andrews
placeOfDeath Fife
Scotland
St Andrews
positionHeld Leader of the Liberal Party (UK)
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland
relative H. H. Asquith
residence Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands

Shetland
sexOrGender male
significantEvent revitalization of the British Liberal Party in the 1950s and 1960s
spouse Laura Bonham Carter
startTime 1950
1956

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Liberal Party (UK) notableLeader Jo Grimond
The Liberal Future author Jo Grimond
The Liberal Future workOf Jo Grimond
A Personal Manifesto author Jo Grimond
Laura Bonham Carter spouse Jo Grimond
Laura Bonham Carter relative Jo Grimond
Grimond notableBearer Jo Grimond