• John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979...
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  • The Thorpe affair of the 1970s was a British political and sex scandal that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party and Member...
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  • revolved around the alleged plot by his ex-boyfriend, Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, to murder Scott after Scott threatened to reveal their sexual relationship...
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  • Marion Stein (redirect from Marion Thorpe)
    remarriage to British politician Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976, she became known as Marion Thorpe. Stein was born in Vienna to...
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    in a Limited Series or Movie nominations for his television roles as Jeremy Thorpe in the BBC miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018) and a husband accused...
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  • at the trial of Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe for the attempted murder of Norman Scott in 1979, the Thorpe affair, when he returned to Britain to...
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    million during 1978). The Liberal Party was damaged by allegations that Jeremy Thorpe, its former leader, had been involved in a homosexual affair and had...
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  • and their son was the Liberal MP (John) Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014). Obituary in The Times, Mr J. H. Thorpe K.C., November 1, 1944, p.7 "p.156-7. Debrett's...
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    elections, he made way for a younger leader, the charismatic Jeremy Thorpe. In 1976, when Thorpe was forced to resign because of a scandal, Grimond stepped...
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  • on the infamous Prince Andrew interview with Emily Maitlis. In 1965, Jeremy Thorpe, a Liberal Member of Parliament, must contend with disgruntled ex-lover...
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  • Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, and Marion Stein, who later married Jeremy Thorpe. He is a great-grandson of King George V. He was educated at Westminster...
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    Television short W1A Himself 1 episode 2018 A Very English Scandal Jeremy Thorpe Miniseries, 3 episodes 2019 One Red Nose Day and a Wedding Charles Television...
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    that country. They have not made either achievement ever since. Both Jeremy Thorpe, a future Liberal leader, and Margaret Thatcher, a future Conservative...
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  • States. The novel details the 1970s Thorpe affair in Britain, in which former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was tried and acquitted of conspiring...
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    considerable share of the popular vote, largely to the Liberal Party under Jeremy Thorpe's leadership, which polled two-and-a-half times its share of the vote...
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    became known as the Thorpe affair. In 1996, Scott Freeman and Barrie Penrose published Rinkagate: Rise and Fall of Jeremy Thorpe. Mascots The Great Dane...
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    Deal (2003), and Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013). He directed the Jeremy Thorpe BBC One biographical miniseries A Very English Scandal (2018), for which...
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    Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Liberal Party, under its new leader Jeremy Thorpe, lost half its seats. The Conservatives, including the Ulster Unionist...
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  • for the Tate–LaBianca murders (1970) Trial of Jeremy Thorpe for conspiring to murder Norman Josiffe (Thorpe affair) (1979) Ted Bundy Chi Omega Trial (1979)...
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    Molton. In the 20th century this area had a prominent national MP, Jeremy Thorpe, who led a Liberal Party revival countrywide, with particular strength...
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  • 1990s. In 1979, he successfully defended the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe after he was charged with conspiracy to murder. Carman had been appointed...
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    Alastair Burnet, Robert McKenzie, Robin Day and Sue Lawley. Since Jeremy Thorpe's death in December 2014, this is the latest election where all the three...
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  • High Court judge. He is most notable for presiding over the trial of Jeremy Thorpe in 1979. Cantley was born in Manchester, where his father was a general...
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  • of Lords (2013–) Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014), British MP for North Devon (1959–1979) and Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976) Jeremy Wright (politician)...
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  • Scandal alongside Hugh Grant, and Ben Whishaw, a miniseries about the Jeremy Thorpe affair directed by Stephen Frears. The film received widespread critical...
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  • "One more heave" was a slogan used by British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe during the October 1974 general election and a phrase used (sometimes...
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    as "Empire Jack" or "Hellfire Jack", he was also the grandfather of Jeremy Thorpe, a leading British politician. John Norton-Griffiths was born John Griffiths...
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    nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Jeremy Thorpe in the limited series A Very English Scandal (2018). He has also received...
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  • their relationship was made legal. Stein went on to marry politician Jeremy Thorpe. Lord Harewood married Tuckwell (24 November 1926 – 4 May 2018) on 31...
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  • the biased judge's instructions to the jury in the recently concluded Jeremy Thorpe trial, titled "Entirely a Matter for You". The sketch was, according...
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