Baron Shepherd
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Baron Shepherd, of Spalding in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1946 for George Robert Shepherd, who had previously served as National Agent of the Labour Party. His only son, the second Baron, was also a prominent Labour politician. He was given a life peerage as Baron Shepherd of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincoln, in 1999.