Fred Peart, Baron Peart

Thomas Frederick Peart, Baron Peart, PC (30 April 1914 – 26 August 1988) was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Peart
PC
Peart in 1959
Leader of the Opposition in the Lords
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
In office
4 May 1979  4 November 1982
LeaderJim Callaghan
Michael Foot
Preceded byThe Lord Carrington
Succeeded byThe Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
10 September 1976  4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJim Callaghan
Preceded byThe Lord Shepherd
Succeeded byThe Lord Soames
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
10 September 1976  4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJim Callaghan
Preceded byThe Lord Shepherd
Succeeded byIan Gilmour
In office
6 April 1968  1 November 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byThe Lord Shackleton
Succeeded byThe Lord Shackleton
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
5 March 1974  10 September 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byJoseph Godber
Succeeded byJohn Silkin
In office
18 October 1964  6 April 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byChristopher Soames
Succeeded byCledwyn Hughes
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office
10 April 1972  5 March 1974
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byGeorge Thomson
Succeeded byIan Gilmour
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
16 December 1971  10 April 1972
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byCledwyn Hughes
Succeeded by???
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office
20 June 1970  16 December 1971
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded bySelwyn Lloyd (1965)
Succeeded byMichael Foot
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord President of the Council
In office
1 November 1968  20 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byDick Crossman
Succeeded byWillie Whitelaw
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
23 September 1976  26 August 1988
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Workington
In office
5 July 1945  23 September 1976
Preceded byThomas Cape
Succeeded byRichard Page
Personal details
Born(1914-04-30)30 April 1914
Durham, England
Died26 August 1988(1988-08-26) (aged 74)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Bette Lewis
(m. 1945)
Children1
Alma materDurham University
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