Ivor Richard
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The Right Honourable The Lord Richard PC QC |
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Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Cranborne |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Jay of Paddington |
| Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords | |
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In office 18 July 1992 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Leader |
John Smith Margaret Beckett (Acting) Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Tge Cledwyn of Penrhos |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Cranborne |
| European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs | |
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In office 6 January 1981 – 5 January 1985 |
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| President | Gaston Thorn |
| Preceded by | Henk Vredeling |
| Succeeded by | Peter Sutherland |
| British Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office 2 June 1974 – 21 December 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Maitland |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Parsons |
| Member of Parliament for Barons Court |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Carr |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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30 May 1932 Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard PC QC (born 30 May 1932), is a British politician belonging to the Labour Party and former member of the Commission of the European Communities.
Richard is a native of Carmarthenshire in South West Wales, and went to school in Llanelli before attending the co-educational independent school Cheltenham College. He won the Wightwick Scholarship to Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read Jurisprudence. He was called to the Bar in 1955 and practised as a barrister in London.In 1963 he defended, under Lewis Hawser QC Brian Field, a solicitor's clerk who played "an essential role in the conspiracy" of the Great Train Robbery. Field's share of the robbery had been found in woods near Dorking and he was acquitted of the robbery on appeal, a remarkable result.
Lord Richard had been an active member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society since University and stood for Parliament in Kensington South in the general election of 1959. This was one of the most prosperous constituencies in the whole of the country and he came third, but it was intended as no more than an opportunity to try his campaigning skills. For the 1964 election, Richard was adopted as candidate for Baron's Court, a highly marginal constituency between Hammersmith and Fulham. Baron's Court had seen knife-edge contests before and the presence of the BBC television centre nearby ensured good media coverage.
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