Ashdown, Paddy, 1941-2018
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Ashdown, Jeremy John Durham, 1941-2018
Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Lord, 1941-2018
Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Jeremy John Durham, Baron, 1941-2018
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found: His Citizen's Britain, 1989:t.p. (Paddy Ashdown, MP) Brit CIP (Ashdown, Paddy, 1941- )
found: LC database, Jan. 17, 2019(heading: Ashdown, Paddy, 1941- ; usage: Paddy Ashdown)
found: Guardian WWW site, viewed Jan. 17, 2019(Paddy Ashdown, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon; b. Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Feb. 27, 1941, New Delhi; the family returned to Northern Ireland after the end of the war; Ashdown gained his nickname, Paddy, from his Irish accent when his father managed to obtain a place for him at Bedford school, where he himself had been educated; the accent was soon lost, though the nickname never was; lived in Norton-sub-Hamdon; made a life peer in 2001 and turned to writing books; d. Dec. 22, 2018; former leader of the Liberal Democrats who helped transform party into a British political force)
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1990-09-14: new
2019-01-17: revised
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