Henry Walston, Baron Walston

Henry David Leonard George Walston, Baron Walston CVO, JP (16 June 1912 – 29 May 1991) was a British farmer, agricultural researcher and politician, firstly for the Liberal Party, then for Labour and for the Social Democratic Party.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Walston
CVO
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
10 February 1961  29 May 1991
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born(1912-06-16)16 June 1912
Died29 May 1991(1991-05-29) (aged 78)
Political partyLiberal (until c. 1945)
Labour (c. 1945–81)
SDP (1981–88)
'Continuing' SDP (1988–90)
Spouses
  • Catherine Crompton
    (m. 1935; died 1978)
  • Elizabeth Scott
    (m. 1979)
Children6
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge
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