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Jun 27, 2018 · Jeremy Thorpe arrives at the Old Bailey, where he was being tried on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder, while gay rights supporters protest in the background. / Aubrey Hart, Getty Images
Jun 28, 2018 · Thorpe was a member of British Parliament for 20 years, where he served as representative of the North Devon district. In 1967, at age 37, he assumed leadership of the Liberal Party and held the ...
Jan 14, 2015 · To order Jeremy Thorpe for £20 (RRP £25) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. This article was amended on 26 January 2015. Because of an editing error, an earlier version, in ...
Jul 1, 2018 · 1976: While Scott appears in court on an unrelated fraud charge, he announces, “I am being hounded by people the whole time just because of my sexual relationship with Jeremy Thorpe ...
Dec 5, 2014 · Jeremy Thorpe: Liberal human rights advocate who took refuge in seclusion This article is more than 9 years old Scandal of 1970s, rooted in days of illegal homosexuality, brought murder charge and ...
Dec 4, 2014 · John Jeremy Thorpe was born in Surrey on 29 April 1929. He came from a Conservative family - both his father and grandfather were Tory MPs. One of his ancestors was parliamentary Speaker Thomas ...
The Jeremy Thorpe sex scandal started in 1975 when a person called Jack Hurley, the editor of the West Somerset Free Press, and told him in a fake Scottish accent that he was a person connected with the Liberal Party. Hurley, not being fooled by the act, immediately told the man that he knew he was Jeremy Thorpe.
