Jo Grimond

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British politician Liberal Party politician human

Jo Grimond was a British Liberal politician who revitalized and modernized the Liberal Party in the mid-20th century, serving as its influential leader and shaping its postwar identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician →
Liberal Party politician →
human →
causeOfDeath cancer →
conflict World War II →
surface form: "Second World War"
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom →
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth 1913-07-29 →
dateOfDeath 1993-10-24 →
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica →
Dictionary of National Biography →
surface form: "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED →
Eton College →
employer Liberal Party (UK) →
endTime 1967 →
1983 →
familyName Grimond →
fatherInLaw Maurice Bonham Carter →
givenName Joseph →
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable →
ideology liberalism →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
memberOf Privy Council →
surface form: "Privy Council of the United Kingdom"
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) →
militaryBranch British Army →
motherInLaw Violet Bonham Carter →
movement social liberalism →
notableWork A Personal Manifesto →
The Liberal Future →
surface form: "The Liberal Challenge"

The Liberal Future →
parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK) →
placeOfBirth Fife →
Scotland →
St Andrews →
placeOfDeath Fife →
Scotland →
St Andrews →
positionHeld Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) →
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland →
relative Herbert Henry Asquith →
surface form: "H. H. Asquith"
residence Orkney Islands →
surface form: "Orkney"

Shetland →
sexOrGender male →
significantEvent revitalization of the British Liberal Party in the 1950s and 1960s →
spouse Laura Bonham Carter →
startTime 1950 →
1956 →

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Liberal Party (UK) → notableLeader → Jo Grimond →