The Right Honourable The Lord Smith of Clifton Kt |
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Born | Trevor Arthur Smith 14 June 1937 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Occupation | Politician |
Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton Kt (born 14 June 1937) is a British politician who is currently the Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords on Northern Ireland and constitutional affairs. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ulster between 1991 and 1999.
He was created a Knight Bachelor in 1996 for services to higher education[1] and became a life peer as Baron Smith of Clifton, of Mountsandel in the County of Londonderry, on 4 November 1997.[2]