Lord Beaumont of Whitley, 79

Posted: Friday, April 11th, 2008 11:05 am

Anglican minister who pursued his vocation in tandem with a political career in three parties

Lord Beaumont of Whitley became the Green Party’s only member of either House of Parliament in 1999 after spending most of his life and a good deal of his fortune helping the Liberal and then Liberal Democrat Party. In his long career he had alternated between the church and politics. …

Lord Beaumont of Whitley, priest and politician, was born on November 22, 1928. He died on April 8, 2008, aged 79 … Read full obituary