Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield FKC (born 19 March 1945) is a British Labour peer and academic.
Lord Plant was educated at Havelock School in Grimsby, King's College London (BA, 1966), and the University of Hull (PhD). He is currently Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy at King's College London, having previously served as Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford from 1994–2000. Before moving to Oxford he was Professor of European Political Thought at the University of Southampton, and prior to that was a Senior Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Manchester.[1][2]
He was made a life peer in 1992.
Lord Plant was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics 2004-2007. In the Lords he is a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and has been a member of the Government and Law Sub Committee of the Committee on the European Communities. He is the author of several books on political philosophy, and is also a Lay Canon at Winchester Cathedral.[1][2]
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Brian Smith |
Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford 1994–2000 |
Succeeded by Sir Peter Williams |
| Preceded by John Phillips |
Head of King's College London School of Law 2005–2008 |
Succeeded by Timothy Macklem |