Ivor Richard
The Lord Richard | |
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Official portrait, 1980 | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Cranborne |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Jay of Paddington |
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| In office 18 July 1992 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Leader |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Cranborne |
| European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs | |
| In office 6 January 1981 – 5 January 1985 | |
| President | Gaston Thorn |
| Preceded by | Henk Vredeling |
| Succeeded by | Peter Sutherland |
| British Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office 2 June 1974 – 21 December 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Donald Maitland |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Parsons |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army | |
| In office 13 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | James Boyden |
| Succeeded by | Ian Gilmour |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 14 May 1990 – 18 March 2018 Life peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Barons Court | |
| In office 15 October 1964 – 8 February 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Carr |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ivor Seward Richard 30 May 1932 Cardiff, Wales |
| Died | 18 March 2018 (aged 85) Lambeth, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouses | Geraldine Moore
(m. 1956, divorced)Alison Imrie
(m. 1962; div. 1983)Janet Jones
(m. 1989) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, PC, QC (30 May 1932 – 18 March 2018) was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.