Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra
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Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra MBE
(born 23 February 1919) is a Liberal Democrat
life peer
in the United Kingdom
House of Lords
and former chairman of the National Coal Board
. He was the Liberal Democrats' Spokesman for Energy Matters from 1998-2005 and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
.
The Combustion Engineering Association gives the Derek Ezra award for "outstanding achievement in the study of combustion engineering".
He first joined the Liberal Party in 1936 at university, when he joined Cambridge University Liberal Club, whose committee he later became a member of. He was elevated to the life peerage as Baron Ezra, of Horsham in the County of West Sussex
in 1982.
He is widowed and currently lives in Belgravia
.
Order of the British Empire
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(born 23 February 1919) is a Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
life peer
Life peer
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in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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House of Lords
House of Lords
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and former chairman of the National Coal Board
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...
. He was the Liberal Democrats' Spokesman for Energy Matters from 1998-2005 and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
.
The Combustion Engineering Association gives the Derek Ezra award for "outstanding achievement in the study of combustion engineering".
He first joined the Liberal Party in 1936 at university, when he joined Cambridge University Liberal Club, whose committee he later became a member of. He was elevated to the life peerage as Baron Ezra, of Horsham in the County of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
in 1982.
He is widowed and currently lives in Belgravia
Belgravia
Belgravia is a district of central London in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Noted for its immensely expensive residential properties, it is one of the wealthiest districts in the world...
.