Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton
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The Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 20 July 1977 – 9 March 2012 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | London, United Kingdom | 13 April 1927
Died | 9 March 2012 London, United Kingdom | (aged 84)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Nina Salaman (div.) Dorothy Cole (div.) Frances Knight |
Children | Sarah David Lucy Jonathan |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge, London School of Economics |
Kenneth William Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, QC, FBA (13 April 1927 – 9 March 2012) was a British politician and member of the House of Lords, affiliated with the Labour Party. He briefly became a crossbench member, citing his dislike of Blairism and 'the smell' of cash for questions.[1] He re-took the Labour Party whip in 2007.[2][3] He worked at the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics, where he was the Cassel Professor of Commercial Law from 1964 until his retirement in 1992.[4]
After graduating in law from Queens' College, Cambridge, he served in the RAF for two years. He had a long career in labour law, and on 20 July 1977 was created a life peer with the title Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, of Highgate in Greater London[5] (Wedderburn chose this title as a tribute to his favourite football team Charlton Athletic F.C.[6][citation needed][7]).
He was an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society and a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association. Wedderburn also served as a key member of the Bullock Committee.[4]
Personal life[]
He married first Nina Salaman in 1951 and had three children, Sarah, David and Lucy. The marriage ended in divorce. His second marriage in 1962 was to Dorothy Cole, a social scientist and university administrator. It also ended in divorce. His third marriage in 1969 was to Frances Knight with whom he had a son, Jonathan.[8] He was a direct descendant of Jamaican-born radical leader and anti-slavery advocate Robert Wedderburn[9] and thus also of the Jacobite rebel Sir John Wedderburn, 5th Baronet of Blackness.
Bibliography[]
- Articles
- 'Shareholders' rights and the rule in Foss v Harbottle' [1957] 16 CLJ 194
- 'Freedom of Association and Philosophies of Labour Law' [1989] 18 Industrial Law Journal
- 'Employees, Partnership and Company Law' [2002] Industrial Law Journal
- Books
- , Penguin Books Ltd; 3rd Revised edition (25 September 1986), ISBN 0140226591
See also[]
- UK labour law
- UK company law
- Bullock Report
References[]
- ^ Still fighting for freedom
- ^ DoD Online Biography Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Death of Bill Wedderburn - Labour lawyer worked for the workers Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bill Wedderburn". The Modern Law Review. 76: 1–5. 2013. doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12008.
- ^ "No. 47282". The London Gazette. 22 July 1977. p. 9543.
- ^ Employment Law lectures at LSE passim[unreliable source?]
- ^ Labour lawyer who fought for the rights of workers
- ^ The Guardian - Obituary 12 March 2012, accessed 20 September 2012
- ^ "Obituaries-Lord Wedderburn of Charlton: Labour lawyer who fought for the rights of workers". The Independent. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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