Malcolm Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd Politician
Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (Hereditary) and also Baron Shepherd of Spalding (Life Peerage) (27 September 1918 – 5 April 2001), was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.Shepherd was the son of the Labour politician George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd. With the House of Lords Act 1999, the right of the hereditary peers of an automatic seat in the House of Lords was removed, so Shepherd was created a life peer as Baron Shepherd of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire to keep his seat.
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| Birth date | September 27, 1918 |
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| Date of death | April 05, 2001 |
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Office holder
| office | Leader of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms Lord Privy Seal Chief Whip of the House of Lords |
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