Birth of Jo Grimmond1913
Birth of Jo Grimmond
Historical person
Jo Grimmond Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jo Grimmond, based on 9 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
9 records1913–19937 events1 places
Chronological biography
1913
1950
Member of Parliament1950
Elected Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland
1956
Party Leader1956
Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party
1959
Election1959
The Liberals receive 6% of the vote & return 6 Members of Parliament
1962
Election1962
The Liberals win the Orpington by-election, "Orpington Man" represents the new elector
1964
Election15 October 1964
The Liberals win 2 seats from the Conservatives in Scotland. The Liberals win 11% of the vote & return 9 Members of Parliament
1967
Resignation of Jo Grimmond1967
Resigns as Party Leader of the Liberal Party
1983
Peerage1983
Created Lord Grimmond
1993
Death of Jo Grimmond1993
Death of Jo Grimmond
Titles and roles
Lord · Lord · Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland · Lord · Party Leader of LP
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.