1. Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris was a British politician.
16 Facts About Peter Temple-Morris
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Peter Temple-Morris was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Leominster in 1974; he stood down in 2001 after changing parties.
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Peter Temple-Morris sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer.
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Peter Temple-Morris went to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, gaining a BA in Law in 1958.
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Peter Temple-Morris became a barrister, like his father, from 1962 at the Inner Temple, practising until 1989.
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Peter Temple-Morris was selected as the Conservative candidate for Newport in 1964 and 1966 and Norwood in 1970.
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Peter Temple-Morris was a member of the Select Committees on Agriculture and on Foreign Affairs.
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From 1997 to 1998, Peter Temple-Morris sat on the government Labour benches, but did not take the whip, instead sitting as a one-man 'Independent One-Nation Conservative' group.
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Peter Temple-Morris is the only person ever to serve as a Labour MP representing Herefordshire, though he was never elected as a member of that party.
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Peter Temple-Morris was made a life peer on 22 June 2001 as Baron Peter Temple-Morris, of Llandaff in the County of South Glamorgan and of Leominster in the County of Herefordshire.
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Peter Temple-Morris sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer.
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Outside politics, Peter Temple-Morris was appointed Chairman of the Macleod Group, an association of left-of-centre Conservative MPs, in 1979.
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Peter Temple-Morris's son, Eddy Temple-Morris, is a DJ, Virgin Radio presenter, record producer and former MTV presenter.
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Peter Temple-Morris married Tahere Khozeime-Alam in 1964 in London.
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When he was an MP, Peter Temple-Morris was known for his love of shooting, wine and food.
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Peter Temple-Morris died from cancer in London on 1 May 2018, at the age of 80.