The Lord Gardiner | |
---|---|
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | The Lord Dilhorne |
Succeeded by | The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 15 January 1964 – 7 January 1990 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 May 1900 |
Died | 7 January 1990 | (aged 89)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | (1) Lesley Trounson (d. 1966) m. 1925–1966 (2) Muriel Box (1905–1991) m. 1970–1990 |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Gerald Austin Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, CH, PC, QC (30 May 1900 – 7 January 1990) was a British Labour politician, who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1964 to 1970. In that position he embarked on a programme of reform, most importantly setting up the Law Commission in 1965.[1]