Joseph Grimond ( born Joseph Grimond ; July 29, 1913 , St. Andrus - October 24, 1993 , Glasgow ) - British politician, leader of the Liberal Party .
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| Date of Birth | July 29, 1913 |
| Place of Birth | St Andrus , Scotland |
| Date of death | October 24, 1993 (aged 80) |
| Place of death | Glasgow , Scotland |
| Citizenship | Great Britain |
| Occupation | politician |
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Biography
Joe Grimond was born in the Scottish city of St. Andrus in a wealthy family engaged in the trade of jute . He studied at Eton College and Balliol College . During the 1935 parliamentary elections, Grimond worked on the team of Arthur Irwin, a young candidate from the Liberal Party. In 1937 he was admitted to the bar, in 1938 he married Laura Bonham-Carter, daughter of Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter , one of the leaders of the Liberal Party [1] .
During World War II, Grimond served in Scotland, in 1945 left military service and fought for a seat in parliament from the Orkney and Shetland Islands , but lost. After that, Grimond worked in the United Nations Administration for Relief and Rehabilitation , was the secretary of the Scottish National Fund, and in 1950 he entered the Parliament from the Liberal Party and won the election again a year later [1] .
In 1956, Grimond replaced Clement Davis as the leader of the Liberal Party, which received only 2.7% of the vote in the 1955 election . One of the foundations of the political program of Grimond was an active interaction with European countries, as well as the expansion of NATO's functions in the economic sphere. During the leadership of Grimond in the party, there was a roll towards traditionally leftist values, which allowed her to get additional votes in the elections of 1959 (5.9% of the vote) and 1964 (11.21% of the vote). In 1964, Grimond declared that the Liberal Party was ready to create a coalition with Labor on mutually beneficial conditions. This statement frightened some of the liberals who believed that the Labor Party was moving in the direction of socialism. In 1967, Grimond transferred control of the Liberal Party to the younger Jeremy Thorpe , but in 1976 he temporarily returned to this position after the scandalous departure of Thorpe, who was convicted of a homosexual scandal [1] .
Grimond was a member of parliament from the Orkney and Shetland Islands until 1983, after retiring, he received a lifetime peer .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Norman Shrapnel. Joseph Grimond. The Liberal who came to the aid of his party . Guardian (October 26, 1993). Date of treatment January 31, 2012. Archived September 11, 2012.