Ritchie Calder

The Lord Ritchie-Calder
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
5 July 1966 – 31 January 1982
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Peter Ritchie Calder

(1906-07-01)1 July 1906
Forfar, Scotland
Died31 January 1982(1982-01-31) (aged 75)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Spouse
Mabel McKail
(m. 1927)
Children5 (including Nigel and Angus)
RelativesSimon Calder (grandson)
EducationForfar Academy
Occupation
  • Author
  • journalist
  • academic
AwardsKalinga Prize (1960)

Peter Ritchie Ritchie-Calder, Baron Ritchie-Calder CBE ( Calder; 1 July 1906 – 31 January 1982), was a Scottish socialist writer, journalist and academic.