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Bernard Braine - Definition and Overview

Sir Bernard Braine, Lord Braine of Wheatley (June 21, 1914 - January 5, 2000) was a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (initially for Billericay) for the Conservatives from 1950 to 1992, becoming Father of the House in 1987.

He was chairman of the National Council on Alcoholism, and was a member of the Parliamentary Groups on Human Rights and against abortion. He was knighted in 1982, stepped down from Parliament in 1992, and was made a peer.

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