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John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976.
Jun 27, 2018 · It was January 1976, and Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Member of Parliament) and leader of the Liberal Party, had been charged with conspiracy and incitement to murder.
Jan 4, 2019 · Jeremy Thorpe was the first British MP to stand trial for murder—and a lightning rod for a England's changing views on sexuality.
The Thorpe affair of the 1970s was a British political and sex scandal that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon.
Dec 4, 2014 · LONDON (AP) — Jeremy Thorpe, an influential British politician who helped revive the Liberal Party before his career was cut short by scandal, died on Thursday. He was 85. Thorpe’s death was announced by his son, Rupert, and was mourned by current party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, and other party stalwarts.
Dec 4, 2014 · Jeremy Thorpe, who has died aged 85 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease, led the Liberal Party with flair and flamboyance.
Dec 4, 2014 · Former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe - whose career ended in disgrace as he stood trial for conspiracy to murder - has died, aged 85.
Dec 5, 2014 · An obituary last Friday about the British politician Jeremy Thorpe misspelled the title of the former husband of his second wife, Marion. He was the Earl of Harewood, not Harwood.
Dec 4, 2014 · Jeremy Thorpe, the former leader of the Liberal party and one of the most flamboyant and controversial figures of British politics in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at the age of 85 after a long...
May 27, 2018 · The shocking scandal of Jeremy Thorpe, the first British politician to stand trial for conspiracy and incitement to murder, is the focus of a new BBC drama starring Hugh Grant.
