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Paddy Ashdown
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon
British politician and diplomat (1941–2018)
Key facts
- President
- Ian Wrigglesworth Charles Kennedy Robert Maclennan The Baroness Maddock
- Deputy
- Russell Johnston Alan Beith
- Preceded by
- David Steel ( Liberal ) Robert Maclennan ( SDP )
- Succeeded by
- Charles Kennedy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paddy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- New Delhi
- Place of death
- Bristol
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Employer
- United Nations
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- Malay
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- diplomacy
- Conflict
- Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
- Military branch
- Royal Marines
- Image
- Official portrait of Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon crop 2.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Paddy Ashdown
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- date of birth
- 1941-02-27
- name in native language
- Paddy Ashdown
- date of death
- 2018-12-22
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- birth name
- Jeremy John Durham Ashdown
- manner of death
- terminal illness
- candidacy in election
- 1987 United Kingdom general election
- P10632
- Paddy Ashdown
- P12749
- opinion piece
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornJeremy John Durham Ashdown (1941-02-27)27 February 1941 New Delhi, British India
Died22 December 2018(2018-12-22) (aged 77) Bristol, England
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paddy Ashdown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.