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Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley
Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (born 22 November, 1928) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the only person to sit in the House of Lords as a member of the Green Party.
He is a former Liberal Democrat peer who joined the Green Party in 1999. He objected to the Liberal Democrats support for free trade.
Lord Beaumont of Whitley is a fomer chair of the Liberal Party and was a co-founder of the Green Liberal Democrats. He is a retired Anglican priest in the Diocese of Southwark, who was created a Liberal Life Peer in 1967.
He is a patron of Press for Change .
External link
- Press release announcing him joining the Green Party
- Article by Lord Beaumont of Whitley for an Anglican Newsletter
Categories: 1928 births | Green politicians | UK Liberal Party politicians | UK Liberal Democrat politicians | Life peers
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