Gerald Gardiner Baron Gardiner Politician

Gerald Austin Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, CH, QC, PC (30 May 1900 – 7 January 1990), was a British Labour politician, who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1964 to 1970 and during that time he introduced into British law as many reforms as any Lord Chancellor had done before or since. In that position he embarked on a great programme of reform, most importantly setting up the Law Commission in 1965.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 30, 1900
Nationality
British people
Date of deathJanuary 07, 1990
Education
Magdalen College Oxford
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Office holder

monarch
Elizabeth II
party
Labour Party (UK)
prime minister
Harold Wilson
successor
Quintin Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

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