Ivor Richard

The Right Honourable The Lord Richard PC QC
Official portrait, 1980
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	The Viscount Cranborne
Succeeded by	The Baroness Jay of Paddington
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
In office 18 July 1992 – 2 May 1997
Leader	John Smith Margaret Beckett (acting) Tony Blair
Preceded by	The Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos
Succeeded by	The Viscount Cranborne
European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs
In office 6 January 1981 – 5 January 1985
President	Gaston Thorn
Preceded by	Henk Vredeling
Succeeded by	Peter Sutherland
British Ambassador to the United Nations
In office 2 June 1974 – 21 December 1979
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Donald Maitland
Succeeded by	Anthony Parsons
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army
In office 13 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	James Boyden
Succeeded by	Ian Gilmour
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 14 May 1990 – 18 March 2018 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Barons Court
In office 15 October 1964 – 8 February 1974
Preceded by	Bill Carr
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Ivor Seward Richard (1932-05-30)30 May 1932 Cardiff, Wales
Died	18 March 2018(2018-03-18) (aged 85) Lambeth, London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Geraldine Moore ​ ​ (m. 1956, divorced)​ [1] Alison Imrie ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1983)​ [1] Janet Jones ​ ​ (m. 1989)​ [1]
Children	4[1]
Education	St Michael's School, Llanelli Cheltenham College
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Oxford

Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, PC, QC (30 May 1932 – 18 March 2018) was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the House of Lords.