- Evan Luard
(David) Evan Trant Luard (
31 October 1926 –8 February 1991 ), most commonly known as Evan Luard, was a British Labour and SDPpolitician .Luard was educated at
Felsted School andKing's College, Cambridge where he gained a First in Modern Languages. In 1950, Luard joined theForeign Service and after learning Chinese he was stationed inPeking from 1952 to 1954. In 1956 he resigned from the diplomatic service in protest at Britain's involvement in theSuez Crisis .He became a research fellow at
St. Antony's College, Oxford in 1957 where he was able to research Chinese relations with Britain. He was a Labour councillor onOxford City Council 1958–61.Luard was MP for Oxford from 1966 to 1970 and again from October 1974 to 1979 for the Labour Party, having first contested the seat in 1964. He served as a
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign Office from 1969 till 1970 and again from 1976 until Labour left power in 1979.Luard joined the SDP soon after its formation, and contested the 1983 General election for the party in the newly formed constituency of Oxford West and Abingdon. He was de-selected in 1987 in favour of
Chris Huhne .Luard is also known for his sociological theories including the hierarchy theory.
References
* 1966, "The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1966", "
The Times "
* "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography "
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