Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley


Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley - Definition

Lord 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 (http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/1999/11/greenlord.htm)
Article by Lord Beaumont of Whitley for an Anglican Newsletter (http://www.durham.anglican.org/reference/newslink/stories/200102/soap_box.htm)

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