Dick Taverne, English lawyer and politician

Dick Taverne

English barrister; politician and life peer in the House of Lords (born 1928)

Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 1972, following which he resigned his seat and won the…