| LC control no. | n 90693299 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ashdown, Paddy, 1941-2018 |
| Variant(s) | Ashdown, Jeremy John Durham, 1941-2018 Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Lord, 1941-2018 Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Jeremy John Durham, Baron, 1941-2018 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Yeovil (England) |
| Located | Northern Ireland Norton sub Hamdon (England) |
| Birth date | 1941-02-27 |
| Death date | 2018-12-22 |
| Place of birth | New Delhi (India) |
| Affiliation | Office of the High Representative Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Liberal Democrats (Great Britain) Social and Liberal Democrats (Great Britain) Liberal Party (Great Britain) Labour Party (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Authors |
| Found in | His Citizen's Britain, 1989: t.p. (Paddy Ashdown, MP) Brit CIP (Ashdown, Paddy, 1941- ) LC database, Jan. 17, 2019 (heading: Ashdown, Paddy, 1941- ; usage: Paddy Ashdown) Guardian WWW site, viewed Jan. 17, 2019 (Paddy Ashdown, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon; b. Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Feb. 27, 1941, New Delhi; the family returned to Northern Ireland after the end of the war; Ashdown gained his nickname, Paddy, from his Irish accent when his father managed to obtain a place for him at Bedford school, where he himself had been educated; the accent was soon lost, though the nickname never was; lived in Norton-sub-Hamdon; made a life peer in 2001 and turned to writing books; d. Dec. 22, 2018; former leader of the Liberal Democrats who helped transform party into a British political force) |
| Associated language | eng |
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