Evan Luard

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Evan Luard
Member of Parliament
for Oxford
In office
10 October 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byMontague Woodhouse
Succeeded byJohn Patten
In office
31 March 1966 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byMontague Woodhouse
Succeeded byMontague Woodhouse
Personal details
Born31 October 1926
Richmond upon Thames, Surrey
Political partyLabour (until 1981)
SDP (1981–1988)
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge

David Evan Trant Luard (31 October 1926 – 8 February 1991), most commonly known as Evan Luard, was a British Labour Party and Social Democratic Party (SDP) politician, and a renowned international relations scholar.

Education and early career

Luard was educated at

Peking from 1952 to 1954. In 1956 he resigned from the diplomatic service in protest of Britain's involvement in the Suez 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 on Oxford City Council from 1958 to 1961.

Political career

Having first contested the seat in 1964, Luard was elected as the Labour Party

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
in the Foreign Office from 1969 to 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 as candidate in 1987 in favour of Chris Huhne.

Publications

Luard is mainly known for his extensive writings on numerous aspects of international relations.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
in 2004.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0950752808
    .
  2. ^ Roberts, Adam, "Luard, (David) Evan Trant (1926–1991)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2022. (subscription required)
  3. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1966.
  4. ^ Adam Roberts, 'Evan Luard as a Writer on International Affairs', Review of International Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, January 1992.

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