Jack Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge

The Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge
Minister of State for the Arts
In office
5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byHugh Jenkins
Succeeded byNorman St John-Stevas
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byThe Lord Belstead
Succeeded byJames Dunn
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
20 November 1967 – 8 March 1998
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born9 October 1907
Died8 March 1998
Political partyLabour (until 1981)
SDP (1981-1988)
Liberal Democrats (1988-1998)
SpouseFrances Lonsdale
Alma materEton College
Trinity College, Cambridge

John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge, OBE (9 October 1907 – 8 March 1998) was a British politician and public servant. He was a soldier, farmer, prison reformer, approved school manager,[1] and consumers' champion .

  1. ^ Hansard, House of Lords, Vol. 302, Col. 1159, 19 June 1969