David Renton

The Right Honourable The Lord Renton KBE TD PC QC DL
Photograph of Renton by Bassano Ltd, taken 20 March 1959.
Chairman of the National Liberal Party
In office 1964–1968
Preceded by	Colin Thornton-Kemsley
Succeeded by	Office Dissolved
Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire
In office 5 July 1945 – 3 May 1979
Preceded by	Sidney Peters
Succeeded by	John Major
Personal details
Born	(1908-08-12)12 August 1908 Dartford, Kent, England
Died	24 May 2007(2007-05-24) (aged 98) Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England
Political party	National Liberal Conservative

David Lockhart-Mure Renton, Baron Renton, KBE TD PC QC DL (12 August 1908 – 24 May 2007) was a British politician. He served for over 60 years in Parliament, 34 in the House of Commons and then 28 in the House of Lords. He was Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire for 34 years, from 1945 to 1979, initially as a Liberal National and then in accordance with the party's successive mergers with the Conservatives, as a "National Liberal and Conservative", then in 1968 he was one of the final three National Liberal MPs who opted to wind up the party and become a full part of the Conservatives. Renton became a life peer in 1979, and was the oldest member of the House of Lords from 2004 until his death.

Renton was born in Dartford, the son of a surgeon and a nurse. He was educated at Stubbington and Oundle School and studied at University College, Oxford, of which he was made an honorary fellow in 1990. Going up to read medicine, he switched to law. He was president of the Oxford University Liberal Club. He played Rugby Fives for the University of Oxford, and played cricket and rugby union for his college.