Back جيرالد جاردينير ARZ Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner German Gerald Gardiner French Gerald Gardiner Polish
The Lord Gardiner | |
|---|---|
 Lord Gardiner in 1977. | |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
| In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
| 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]
- ^ ODNB article by Norman S. Marsh, 'Gardiner, Gerald Austin, Baron Gardiner (1900–1990)', rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ODNB Online, accessed 27 March 2008.
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