The Lord Gardiner | |
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Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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 | Gerald Austin Gardiner 30 May 1900 London, England |
Died | 7 January 1990 London, England | (aged 89)
Political party | Labour |
Spouses |
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Children | 1 |
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]