Jeremy Thorpe
Politician
1929 –
Who is Jeremy Thorpe?
John Jeremy Thorpe is a British former politician who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979.
His political career was severely damaged when an acquaintance, Norman Scott, claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe in the early 1960s, at a time when homosexual acts were illegal in Britain. The scandal forced Thorpe to resign as Liberal Party leader in 1976. He denied the claims of a homosexual affair and was charged with conspiring to murder Scott, though he was acquitted of these charges in 1979, shortly after losing his seat in the general election.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1929
London - Spouses
- Marion Stein
(1973 - )
- Marion Stein
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Oxford
- Eton College
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on July 23, 2013
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