Clement Freud
Sir Clement Raphael Freud (24 April 1924 – 15 April 2009) was a German-born British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef. The son of Ernst L. Freud and grandson of Sigmund Freud, Clement moved to the United Kingdom from Nazi Germany as a child and later worked as a prominent chef and food writer. He became known to a wider audience as a television and radio personality. Freud was the longest serving panellist on the BBC Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute, appearing in each of the first 143 episodes, and making subsequent regular appearances up until his death in 2009.
Sir Clement Freud | |
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Freud in 1970 | |
Born | Clemens Rafael Freud 24 April 1924 Berlin, Weimar Germany |
Died | 15 April 2009 84) London, England, UK | (aged
Nationality | British |
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Political party | Liberal |
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Children | 5, including Matthew and Emma |
Parent | Ernst L. Freud (father) |
Relatives | Freud family |
Member of Parliament North East Cambridgeshire Isle of Ely (1973–1983) | |
In office 27 July 1973 – 18 May 1987 | |
Preceded by | Henry Legge-Bourke |
Succeeded by | Malcolm Moss |
Freud was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament in 1973, retaining his seat until 1987, when he received a knighthood. In 2016, seven years after his death, three women made public allegations of child sexual abuse and rape by Freud, which led to police investigations.