The Lord Diamond | |
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| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 20 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Macmillan |
| Member of Parliament forGloucester | |
| In office 12 September 1957 – 29 May 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Moss Turner-Samuels |
| Succeeded by | Sally Oppenheim |
| Member of Parliament forManchester Blackley | |
| In office 5 July 1945 – 4 October 1951 | |
| Preceded by | John Lees-Jones |
| Succeeded by | Eric Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Diamond (1907-04-30)30 April 1907 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 3 April 2004(2004-04-03) (aged 96) Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Political party | Labour(until 1981; 1995–2004) SDP(1981–88) 'Continuing' SDP(1988–90) Non-affiliated(1990–95) |
John Diamond, Baron Diamond,PC (30 April 1907 – 3 April 2004), known asJack Diamond, was a BritishLabour Party politician.
Diamond was educated atLeeds Grammar School and became an accountant. Diamond became managing director ofCapitol and Provincial News Theatres.[1] He was electedMember of Parliament in 1945 for theBlackley division of Manchester, but lost it in 1951. In 1946 and 1947, he was parliamentary private secretary to the Ministry of Works. He returned to theHouse of Commons in a 1957 by-election forGloucester, caused by the death of its Labour MP,Moss Turner-Samuels.
He served asChief Secretary to the Treasury from 1964, acabinet position from 1968, andPrivy Councillor from 1965. He represented Gloucester until his surprise defeat in 1970 by the Conservative candidate,Sally Oppenheim.
Diamond was appointed to thePrivy Council in the1965 Birthday Honours,[2] and was created alife peer asBaron Diamondof the City ofGloucester on 25 September 1970.[3] In 1981 he left the Labour Party for the newSocial Democratic Party (SDP). He led the SDP in theHouse of Lords from 1982 to 1988 but opposed its merger with theLiberals, associating instead with theOwenite'continuing' SDP before rejoining Labour in 1995.[4]
Diamond was first married in 1932 and had two sons and a daughter. He had a daughter, Joan, by his second wife, Julie Goodman, whom he married in 1948. They separated in 1966 and divorced 10 years later. Upon his death at 96, he was survived by his children and by his third wife, Barbara Kagan, whom he had married in 1976.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forManchester Blackley 1945–1951 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forGloucester 1957–1970 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1964–1970 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Treasurer of theFabian Society 1950–1964 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by New position | Leader of theSocial Democratic Party in theHouse of Lords 1982–1988 | Succeeded by Roy Jenkins Leader of theSLD in the House of Lords The Baroness Stedman Leader of thecontinuing SDP in the House of Lords |
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