Jo Grimond
Author, Politician
1913 – 1993
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Who was Jo Grimond?
Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond, CH, CBE, TD, PC, known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 1976.
Jo Grimond was a long-term supporter of Scottish home rule and it was due to his leadership that the party supported the abolition of Britain's nuclear arsenal.
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- Born
- Jul 29, 1913
Fife - Also known as
- Joseph Grimond
- Jo. Grimond
- Spouses
- Laura Bonham Carter
(1938 - )
- Laura Bonham Carter
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- Balliol College
- Eton College
- Employment
- University of Kent
- Died
- Oct 24, 1993
Glasgow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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