Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd
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Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (1918 – 2001) was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson from 1974 to 1976.
With the House of Lords Act 1999, the right of the hereditary peers of an automatic seat in the House of Lords was removed, so Shepherd was created a life peer as Baron Shepherd of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire to keap his seat.
| Honorary Titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: The Earl St Aldwyn |
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms 1964–1967 |
Succeeded by: The Lord Beswick |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by: The Lord Windlesham |
Lord Privy Seal 1974–1976 |
Succeeded by: The Lord Peart |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by: George Robert Shepherd |
Baron Shepherd 1954–2001 |
Succeeded by: Graeme George Shepherd |
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