12 Facts About Jo Grimond

1.

Jo Grimond was a long-term supporter of Scottish home rule; and, during his leadership, he successfully advocated for the Liberal Party to support the abolition of Britain's nuclear arsenal.

2.

Jo Grimond was born in St Andrews, Fife, and was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.

3.

Jo Grimond was at school and university with, among others, cricket commentator Brian Johnston and playwright William Douglas-Home.

4.

Jo Grimond received a first-class honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

5.

Jo Grimond later became a barrister, being admitted to the bar as a member of Middle Temple.

6.

Jo Grimond narrowly missed capturing the seat in 1945 but entered Parliament at the 1950 general election for the constituency.

7.

In 1976, when Thorpe was forced to resign because of a scandal, Jo Grimond stepped in as interim leader until the election of a replacement, David Steel.

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8.

Jo Grimond was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1983 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.

9.

Jo Grimond remained devoted to his former parliamentary constituency, and was buried in Finstown on Orkney.

10.

In 1938, Jo Grimond married liberal politician Laura Bonham Carter.

11.

Laura Jo Grimond was the sister of another life peer, Mark Bonham Carter, who was the victor of the 1958 by-election at Torrington.

12.

Jo Grimond was a prolific writer of pamphlets: see the McManus biography for a complete list of publications.