Frank Judd, Baron Judd

Frank Ashcroft Judd, Baron Judd (born 28 March 1935) is a British Labour Party politician.

The Right Honourable The Lord Judd
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 21 February 1977 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister	James Callaghan
Preceded by	David Owen
Succeeded by	Peter Blaker
Minister for Overseas Development
In office 21 December 1976 – 21 February 1977
Prime Minister	James Callaghan
Preceded by	Reginald Prentice
Succeeded by	Judith Hart
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Overseas Development
In office 14 April 1976 – 21 December 1976
Prime Minister	James Callaghan
Preceded by	John Grant
Succeeded by	John Tomlinson
Under-Secretary of State for the Navy
In office 8 March 1974 – 14 April 1976
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Antony Buck
Succeeded by	Patrick Duffy
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North Portsmouth West (1966–1974)
In office 31 March 1966 – 7 April 1979
Preceded by	Terence Clarke
Succeeded by	Peter Griffiths
Personal details
Born	Frank Ashcroft Judd (1935-03-28) 28 March 1935
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	City of London School London School of Economics

Judd was educated at the City of London School and the London School of Economics. He became Secretary-General of the International Voluntary Service, a member of the executive committee of the National Peace Council and chairman of the UK National Youth Committee of Freedom from Hunger.

Judd became General Secretary of the International Voluntary Service in 1960 and is credited for overseeing a significant period of expansion for the organisation.[1] In 1966, Judd left his position at IVS to begin his career in politics.

Judd contested Sutton and Cheam in 1959 (where his mother Helen had been the Labour candidate in 1945) and Portsmouth West in 1964. He was Member of Parliament for Portsmouth West from 1966 to 1974, and after boundary changes, for Portsmouth North from 1974 to 1979, when he lost his seat to the Conservative Peter Griffiths.

Judd was a junior minister for the Royal Navy (1974–1976), Minister for Overseas Development (1976–1977), and Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1977 to 1979. Director of Oxfam (1985–91), Judd was made a life peer on 10 June 1991 with the title Baron Judd, of Portsea in the County of Hampshire.[2] In the Lords he is a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Lord Judd was member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly from 1970 to 1973 and again from 1997 to 2005, where he became rapporteur on Chechnya and visited Grozny several times.

Judd was interviewed in 2012 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history project.[3][4]

Patronage

Lord Judd is a patron for the International Voluntary Service.

References

1. Rodriguez, Philipp. "Frank Judd - Archives of Service Civil International". archives.sci.ngo. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
2. "No. 52559". The London Gazette. 13 June 1991. p. 9093.
3. "Oral history: JUDD, Frank (b.1935)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
4. "Lord Judd interviewed by Rosa Gilbert". British Library Sound Archive. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

• Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frank Judd
• Interview with the History of Parliament oral history project

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Terence Clarke	Member of Parliament for Portsmouth West 1966 – February 1974	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North February 1974 – 1979	Succeeded by Peter Griffiths
Party political offices
Preceded by Anthony Lester	Chairman of the Fabian Society 1973 – 1974	Succeeded by Nicholas Bosanquet
Political offices
Preceded by Reg Prentice	Minister for Overseas Development 1976–1977	Succeeded by Judith Hart
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Marlesford	Gentlemen Baron Judd	Followed by The Lord Hollick