Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford

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Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, was a British Labour politician, social reformer, and Catholic convert known for his campaigns on prison reform and his controversial support for the Moors murderer Myra Hindley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Earl in the Peerage of Ireland
Labour Party politician
Roman Catholic convert
human
peer
social reformer
causeAdvocated prison reform
rehabilitation of offenders
social justice
child Lady Antonia Fraser
linked to: Antonia Fraser

Rachel Billington
Thomas Pakenham
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United Kingdom
educatedAt Eton College
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Pakenham
fieldOfWork penal policy
politics
social reform
givenName Francis
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOf House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
name Frank Pakenham
nobleTitle 7th Earl of Longford
notableFor controversial visits to prisoners
moral crusades
strong Christian beliefs
support for Myra Hindley, one of the Moors murderers
notableWork campaigns for prison reform
public support for Myra Hindley
support for rehabilitation of prisoners
occupation biographer
politician
social reformer
writer
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Lord-in-waiting
Minister of Civil Aviation
Paymaster General
Secretary of State for the Colonies
religion Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
spouse Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
titleHeld Baron Pakenham
linked to: Frank Pakenham

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Longford subject Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
Longford mainCharacter Lord Longford
linked to: Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
Jim Broadbent notableRole Lord Longford
linked to: Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
Antonia Fraser relative Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford nobleTitle 7th Earl of Longford
linked to: Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford