Fred Peart, Baron Peart

The Right Honourable The Lord Peart PC
Peart in 1959
Leader of the Opposition in the Lords Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
In office 4 May 1979 – 4 November 1982
Leader	Jim Callaghan Michael Foot
Preceded by	The Lord Carrington
Succeeded by	The Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos
Leader of the House of Lords
In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister	Jim Callaghan
Preceded by	The Lord Shepherd
Succeeded by	The Lord Soames
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister	Jim Callaghan
Preceded by	The Lord Shepherd
Succeeded by	Ian Gilmour
In office 6 April 1968 – 1 November 1968
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	The Lord Shackleton
Succeeded by	The Lord Shackleton
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 5 March 1974 – 10 September 1976
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson James Callaghan
Preceded by	Joseph Godber
Succeeded by	John Silkin
In office 18 October 1964 – 6 April 1968
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Christopher Soames
Succeeded by	Cledwyn Hughes
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 10 April 1972 – 5 March 1974
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	George Thomson
Succeeded by	Ian Gilmour
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office 16 December 1971 – 10 April 1972
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Cledwyn Hughes
Succeeded by	???
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office 20 June 1970 – 16 December 1971
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Selwyn Lloyd (1965)
Succeeded by	Michael Foot
Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council
In office 1 November 1968 – 20 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Dick Crossman
Succeeded by	Willie Whitelaw
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 23 September 1976 – 26 August 1988 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Workington
In office 5 July 1945 – 23 September 1976
Preceded by	Thomas Cape
Succeeded by	Richard Page
Personal details
Born	(1914-04-30)30 April 1914 Durham, England
Died	26 August 1988(1988-08-26) (aged 74) London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Bette Lewis ​ (m. 1945)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Durham University

Thomas Frederick Peart, Baron Peart, PC (30 April 1914 – 26 August 1988) was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party.