The Lord Soper | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Walter Bird, 1965 | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| In office May 1965 – December 1998 | |
| Councillor of the Greater London Council | |
| In office April 1964 – May 1965 | |
| President of the Methodist Conference | |
| In office June 1953 – June 1954 | |
| Vice President | Leslie Ward Kay |
| Preceded by | Colin Augustus Roberts |
| Succeeded by | William Russel Shearer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Oliver Soper 31 January 1903 Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 22 December 1998 (aged 95) London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Marie Dean |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Minister, councillor |
Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper (31 January 1903 – 22 December 1998) was a British Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist. He served as President of the Methodist Conference in 1953–54. After May 1965 he was a peer in the House of Lords.
Historian Martin Wellings states:
His combination of modernist theology, high sacramentalism, and Socialist politics, expressed with insouciant wit and unapologetic élan, thrilled audiences, delighted admirers, and reduced opponents to apoplectic fury.[1]
- ^ Martin Wellings, "Renewal, Reunion, and Revival: Three British Methodist Approaches to “Serving the Present Age” in the 1950s." Methodist History (2014) 53#1 pp. 21-39 online Archived 2016-10-03 at the Wayback Machine