My birth was announced to the floor.'. Tony Benn obituary. Benn Full Name at Birth: Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn Alternative Name: Royal Air Force officer, Tony Benn, Second Viscount Stansgate Age: 88 (age at death) years Birthday: 3rd April, 1925 Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England, UK Died: 14th March, 2014 Place of Death Recently, Stephen’s 25-year-old daughter Emily became a Labour councillor in Croydon. Tony was careful never publicly to criticise his family for the political views they held. A decorated former RAF pilot, in 1942 William Wedgwood Benn was given the hereditary title Viscount Stansgate by Winston Churchill, the leader of the wartime coalition government, who wanted to increase Labour participation in the Tory-dominated House of Lords. Prince Andrew 'risks incurring the wrath of the judge in the Virginia Roberts sex abuse trial by having his... 'There's a tradition of reality TV shows targeting news presenters': BBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin 'is... Pictured: 'Much-loved' grandfather, 86, who died after an 'assault' outside his home as teenager, 19, is... Fury as top universities stick to online lectures: Colleges are branded a 'mega rip-off' amid news of a... Huawei 'infiltrates' Cambridge: Calls for inquiry into Chinese tech giant's links to three out of four... Would YOU leave your child alone in a park? In 1950, when his father the 1st Viscount Stansgate was still alive, Tony Benn was elected a Labour MP. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. At that point, the title passes on to their heir. . Anti-agers no one but you need know about: What's the secret to a pert bottom when you hit 55?! Tony Benn's son has joined the House of Lords in an uncontested byelection, six decades after his socialist stalwart father renounced a hereditary title. The day I caught Camilla smoking a Woodbine in the bushes: GYLES BRANDRETH recalls how he cast a future head... 50 Cent is slammed for promoting his cognac in tweet about 20th anniversary of September 11, The one lesson I've learned from life: Benjamin Zephaniah says ask how someone is and really mean it. Later, when such Holland Park properties sold for hundreds of thousands, Benn wrote that the house cost him £4,600, which made it sound like a lean-to rather than a residence in one of Londonâs most exclusive areas. Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 - 14 March 2014) was a British politician, writer, and diarist. The bank's shares are listed in the Euronext Lisbon's PSI-20 stock index. [2] He is also a Vice-President of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. The majority of the hereditary peers are not allowed to sit in the Lords owing to the 1999 Act that capped their numbers. John Houghton Stewart,elder son of Sir George Powell Stewart,5th Baronet, 19th November 1895-16th May 1915. For no one in British political history was keener to throw off the bastions of privilege than Tony Benn â and that belief would have informed the childhoods of Stephen and his brothers Hilary and Joshua and sister Melissa. Every Sunday for many years, Corbyn would make a pilgrimage to the Holland Park home of Tony Benn. After leaving the House of Commons in 2001, Tony Benn became the President of the Stop the War Coalition, campaigning for the removal of troops from Iraq. Stephen Benn is director of Parliamentary affairs for the Society of Biology; his wife, Nita Clarke, worked for Blair in Downing Street. When Anthony Wedgwood Benn was forced to give up his seat in the House of Commons in 1960 on inheriting his fatherâs title, he urged the Speaker to let him address MPs on the need to eradicate hereditary peerage â his own especially. Tony Benn and his wife . His son, William Wedgwood Benn, served first as a Liberal (later Labour) MP. The Act was largely the work of one man, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, 2nd Viscount Stansgate. Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 - 14 March 2014; known between 1960 and 1963 as Viscount Stansgate) was a British politician, writer and diarist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. Ironically, Benn owes his place in the Lords to Tony Blair, whom his father opposed with such vehemence from the backbenches, not least over the Iraq War. As for Starmer, one party source says: âItâs frankly an embarrassment. Out of the Wilderness is a unique political record of the 1960s, told by a man who served in five Labour administrations and who today is one of the most experienced figures both in and out of the House of Commons. Gordon) and a younger brother, Joshua. Found inside – Page 1059STANSGATE , VISCOUNTCY OF . ( Benn . ) ( Viscount U.K. 1942 , disclaimed 1963. ) Rt . Hon . ANTHONY ( NEIL ) WEDGWOOD BENN , M.P .; 6. April 3rd , 1925 ; 8. as 2nd Viscount Nov. 17th , 1960 , but made it known that he did not wish to ... It also transpired that after Carolineâs death â from breast cancer in 2000 aged 74 â Stansgate Abbey Farm was put in trust to reduce the Benn childrenâs exposure to inheritance tax. In 1972, he completed his rejection of privilege by shedding the names he had been christened with â Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn â to become Tony Benn. Tony Benn's son is set to join the House of Lords nearly 60 years after the left-wing firebrand renounced his 'absolutely mad' title. [He] did make very clear what he thought about the peerage in the speech he was never allowed to deliver. Telegraph, London Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. She is standing for Labour in Croydon South next year. Tony Benn's wife. Hilary and Stephen certainly don't take after their father. In cahoots with Ed Miliband's father, the . Found inside – Page 308... 199 Windsor, Barbara, 85 Winston, Lord Robert, 285 Withernsea, 152 Woburn Avenue, 222 Wolfe, Heinz, 284 Woman magazine, ... Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn became the 3rd Viscount Stansgate when his father Tony Wedgwood Benn died. 308 ... In 1999, Blair scrapped the right of hundreds of hereditaries to take part in Parliamentâs proceedings. William Francis Stewart,eldest son of Sir Harry Jocelyn Urquhart Stewart, 11th Baronet,6th October 1901-7th June 1944 Tony Benn, who has died aged 88, was a pivotal figure in British leftwing politics in the second half of the 20th century. Nita Clarke OBE, who is married to the academic Stephen Benn, the 3rd Viscount Stansgate and son of Tony Benn said in a message on Twitter: "I'm back home after 6 days being re-oxygenated at #croydonuniversityhospital. Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate (born 21 August 1951), is a British hereditary peer and Labour member of the House of Lords. I cannot thank the marvellous teams In Heathfield Ward 3 enough for their care and attention. Found inside – Page 347STANSGATE , VisCOUNT ( formerly Benn , The Rt . Hon . ... Created Viscount , Jan. , 1942 . ... Joined the service as asst . carr . and wagon supt . , 3rd Apl . , 1920 ; asst . transpn . supt . , Apl . , 1923 ; transpn , supt . Tony Benn's second son, Hilary, is currently Labour's Shadow. Now shadow communities secretary, he served in the Blair and Brown governments after being elected MP for Leeds Central in 1999 – a position he has held for 15 years. William Benn was elevated to the House of Lords with the title of Viscount Stansgate in 1942 . This biography of a viscount in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub. John Houghton Stewart,elder son of Sir George Powell Stewart,5th Baronet, 19th November 1895-16th May 1915. One who has stood in the elections, unsuccessfully, is Stephen Benn, the 3rd Viscount Benn of Stansgate. Which reminds me, Tony Benn's son, Stephen AKA 3rd Viscount Stansgate (who is 70 this month and a bit on the heavy side) just joined the HoL as a new Labour hereditary peer the other week, after his dad surrendered his title and made a big thing about it! Found inside – Page 90COLLATERAL BRANCHES LIVING Issue of late Capt Frederick Christopher Benn , 3rd son of 2nd baronet , b 1912 , ka 1941 : » 1937 , Phyllis , who d 1990 , da of late E. M. Preston ... cr Viscount Stansgate 1942 ( see that title ) . Stephen Michael Wedgwood [Benn], 3rd Viscount Stansgate. Last week, Stephen Benn went further. Found insideThey are described and discussed by Dick Leonard, a leading political journalist and former MP, and Roger Mortimore, a senior opinion pollster, in this completely revised and updated edition of the standard work on British elections. Benn studied at Westminster School and later pursued his education from the New . But 50 years after Tony Benn relinquished the Viscountcy of Stansgate, his son has reclaimed the title so he can take a seat in the Lords. Our position is to abolish and replace the Lords with an elected second chamber. Instead, Mr Benn, who throughout his political career was contemptuous of elitism and the privilege of inherited wealth, left almost his entire fortune to his four children. Drivers clash with eco-mob blocking M25: Moment furious motorist hauls protester away from sit-down demo -... ANDREW PIERCE: Smitten by the sultry tones of Mrs Thatcher! Published: 00:03 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 00:14 BST, 17 July 2021. He was pictured at his London home with his wife, Caroline, and four children (left-right): Hilary, 7, Joshua, 2, Melissa, 4, and Stephen, 9, who has now sought to reclaim the hereditary title. But it is a less diplomatic Jon Lansman who delivers the most damning blow: âThe privileges which have been claimed by Stephen Benn are twofold: the honorific title conferred as an honour not upon him but upon his grandfather, and the ârightâ to be âelectedâ to the Lords which his father wanted abolished. 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The peerage prevented him from continuing as MP for Bristol South East but he fought to remain in the House of Commons before campaigning for the ability to renounce the title. Stephenâs wife Nita Clarke, with whom he has a son and daughter, worked for Blair for six years and is a former member of the Greater London Council. She was elected to the West Thornton ward of Croydon Borough Council and is standing to become MP in Croydon South in 2015. It was the speech he was never allowed to give â but it encapsulated his political beliefs as an opponent of the unelected House of Lords. Fortunately, on his father's death, despite the obstruction of the likes of Macmillan and Rab Butler as well as some in his own party, Wedgewood Benn was only able to renounce his peerage after an epic three year battle to change the law. Shh! The comments below have not been moderated. His grandfather Sir John Williams Benn was born into a middle-class family and was elected to the Commons in 1891, becoming a baronet in 1914. 1989) Last updated 2 May 2017 _____ Title: 3rd Viscount Stansgate, of Stansgate in the County of Essex (United . Found inside – Page 393Safeguarding, 190 St Ives, 215, 217, 228, 240, 278 Sale of Honours, 193 Salisbury, 3rd Marquis (1830–1903), 49, 58, 63, ... Stansgate, see Benn Star, 265 Steel, David (Lord) (1938–), 273, 279–82, 285, 288, 291-97, 3O4, 305, 330 Stephen, ... He famously renounced his hereditary title so he could remain an MP. of Stuart Ashley Bowes, of Tel Aviv University, Israel. When his older brother was killed on active service in World War II, Tony Benn became the heir to the viscountcy. 1988 Ashika Nita Bowes, dau. The making of a global superstar: How British Davis Cup tennis ace spotted Emma Raducanu hitting balls with... One step from a DAME! That fact was reflected in its sale, in 2011, for £4.1 million when Benn downsized to a nearby flat, for which he paid £750,000. In 2015, their daughter Emily, an investment banker, stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in Croydon South. His eldest son, Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, born on August 21, 1951, succeeds as the 3rd Viscount Stansgate. Last month it emerged that not a single penny of Tony Benn’s £5m estate went to the Labour Party, the poor, or any radical causes he supported in his will. [3], Benn succeeded to the title of Viscount Stansgate on the death of his father in March 2014. Benn Full Name at Birth: Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn Alternative Name: Royal Air Force officer, Tony Benn, Second Viscount Stansgate Age: 88 (age at death) years Birthday: 3rd April, 1925 Birthplace: Marylebone, London, England, UK Died: 14th March, 2014 Place of Death âStephen Benn was not even ten years old at the time so should not be criticised for failing to stand by his agreement with the wishes of the rest of his family. Caroline Middleton DeCamp Benn 13 October 1926 22 November 2000 formerly Viscountess Stansgate was an educationalist and writer and wife of the British During its history the United Kingdom and previously the Kingdom of England Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland has seen many families who have Found inside – Page iiIndeed, this book is unique, for it exposes at a level of detail never seen before the inner workings of the mind of the contemporary politician. During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The appointment represents a marked departure from the . âI am asking that the Stansgate peerage . Machine Gun Kelly and Conor McGregor square up at the MTV VMAs before Megan Fox steps in... Get fit in 15 minutes: Celebrity personal trainer reveals the best exercise to improve flexibility. Tomorrow, Stephen Benn, 69, a lobbyist for the biosciences industry and the eldest of Benn's four children, will be announced as the successful candidate in a contest to take a lifelong hereditary seat in the Lords. But in 1960, he was disqualified from serving as an MP when he inherited his father's title of Viscount Stansgate - as . Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories. The Times would only call him Viscount Stansgate, rather than Mr Benn. Michael Julius Wedgwood Benn,eldest son of 1st Viscount Stansgate, 5th September 1921-23rd June 1944. Lord Benn’s daughter Emily, 25, has already earned herself a mocking royal title – Red Princess – as she threatens to become the fifth generation of the family to enter Parliament. The maverick socialist’s eldest son, Stephen, will become the latest of Labour’s ‘red princes’ to enter Parliament if he successfully contests a hereditary by-election next month. Benn was born in London on 3 April 1925. This book contains an account of the 2,352 families (close to 3,000 counting cadet lines) that had one member sit in either House of the English, British, or United Kingdom Parliament, the Irish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament ... Incredible images reveal mind-bending moments that look like they're the work of... Have you been using the microwave wrong your whole life? In 2011, he was appointed director of parliamentary affairs for the Society of Biology[1] after spending two decades in a similar role for the Royal Society of Chemistry. His son Stephen, a lobbyist for the Society of Biology, who will now be known as the 3rd Viscount Stansgate, was today accepted on the Register of Hereditary Peers. So what do those who were close to Tony Benn think? This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based . This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. The post was withdrawn within 24 hours after recent tweets emerged from Clarke claiming it was âmorally bankruptâ to back Corbyn to be prime minister. Since being elected, he has also served as Secretary of State for International Development (from 2003 to 2007) and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (from 2007 to 2010). Hon Emily Benn (b. Stephen Benn has a son, so Tony's second son Hilary is now third in line garryq 13:48, 24 Apr 2004 (UTC) As Sociedade Portuguesa de Investimentos it was founded in 1981 by Artur Santos Silva. (Followed by Rt. Nor could he refuse the title as Buckingham Palace had refused to take back the Stansgate Letters Patent, under which Benn was entitled to his peerage. William Wedgwood Benn, a prominent Liberal and later Labour politician in the first half of the 20th century, was created Viscount Stansgate in 1942. Benn had received one-third of a £ . And now the Benn family history has taken another twist as Stephen, who served as a member of the Inner London Education Authority and is director of Parliamentary Affairs for the Royal Society of Biology, not only revived the title his father despised but embraced the hereditary principle by sitting in the Lords. During its history, the United Kingdom (and previously the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland) has seen many families who have repeatedly produced nota His father was a Liberal member of the Parliament but joined the Labor Party later. Like his father, the 3rd Viscount Stansgate is steeped in politics â as are the rest of the family. Despite his pronouncements Benn, who had married a wealthy American socialist and writer, Caroline, didnât live up to his principles. His father, Tony Benn, and his younger brother, Hilary Benn, have both been senior Labour politicians. (The word "abdicate" is only used for monarchs.) Published: 18:12 BST, 11 November 2014 | Updated: 19:58 BST, 11 November 2014. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s. Both are an affront to the views and wishes of Tony Benn. In this final volume of diaries, Tony Benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age. When the third Viscount Stansgate is sworn into the Lords, the Bennite wheel will have turned full circle. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. As well as William, Tony and Hilary, the Benns have long been Members of Parliament. Viscount Stansgate: Tony Benn (2nd Viscount), 1925-2014 1963 to 2014 Extant; inherited in 2014 by Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate: Baron Altrincham: John Grigg (2nd Baron), 1924-2001 1963 to 2001 Extant; inherited in 2001 by Anthony Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham Earl of Home; Lord Home; Lord Dunglass; Baron Douglas Date: March 14, 2014 Author: Brian Brivati 0 Comments. Hilary Benn has an older brother, Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate, a younger sister Melissa (ent. However he knew that when his father died he would become the 2nd Viscount and therefore lose his seat in the House of Commons, you could not be a member . This time, Stephen Benn was the only candidate. [8] From 1945â€"46, William Benn was the Secretary of State for Air in the first majority Labour Government. Tony Benn's son joins the House of Lords as an hereditary peer Stephen Benn, otherwise known as the 3rd Viscount Stansgate, will be confirmed as a member of the upper house this week after being 'elected' unopposed to the Labour group. born. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The book ends with some of Tony Benn's reflections on many of the most important and controversial issues of our time. To do so he had to renounce his peerage after inheriting his father's title of Viscount Stansgate in 1960. . However, Hilary is not the only Benn to have been a successful MP – his father Tony was an MP for nearly 50 years, serving in the Harold Wilson and James Callaghan Cabinets in the 1960s and 1970s. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. accepting a hereditary peerage as Viscount Stansgate. . Found insideIt is the first such collection of this type of research data since Haydn's Dictionary of Dates was published back in 1894 and will provide the reader with quick and easy access to specific factual information for research. Even after he won a by-election in his old seat, he was not allowed back. Found inside – Page 20601947 , petitioned Parliament unsuccessfully 1923–44 ; Lord Chm . of Cttees . , and Dep . ... his Lineage - Sce BENN of Old Knoll , Bt . 2nd wife , widow of James , Viscount Hamilton ( see ABERCORN , D. ) , Creation - Viscount ( U.K. ) ... --rbrwr Although Tony was a second son he inherited as his older brother died without issue, killed in action in 1944. Almost. Stephen and Hilary’s great-grandfather, Sir John Benn, was a Liberal MP from 1892-95 and 1904-10 and, another great-grandfather, Daniel Holmes, was a National Liberal MP from 1911-18. Benn's campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage . His full name was Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, and his father was William Wedgewood Benn (an MP and then member of the House of Lords), and his mother was Margaret Benn was a prominent feminist. So, if one of the 92 dies or retires there is a by-election among the remainder. In 1942, he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Stansgate, of Stansgate in Essex. 21 Aug 1951. mar. Tony Benn was born on April 3, 1925 in London to William Wedgwood Benn who was the first Viscount of Stansgate. In 1963, Tony Benn fought for the right to renounce his peerage (he was 2nd Viscount Stansgate following the death of his father and brother) and continue to serve in the House of Commons. Benn was well known for being a pipe smoker [Tony Benn] should be allowed to lapse completely and for all time â preserving no privileges for the future,â Benn wrote. Ninety-two hereditary peers are entitled to sit in the House, alongside the more numerous Life Peers; hereditary peers are replaced through by-elections when they die, so Stansgate may have a wait on his . Found inside – Page 84BELSTEAD , 2nd Baron ( John Julian Ganzoni ) , P.C. , Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords 1988. b . ... Disclaimed peerage ( 2nd Viscount Stansgate ) , 1963 ; Postmaster - General , 1964-66 ; Minister of Technology ... People Projects Discussions . Melissa Benn; Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate; Hilary Benn; Joshua William Wedgwood Benn; Spouse: Tony Benn (1949-2000) Authority control William Wedgwood Benn was created Viscount Stansgate in 1942, and in 1944 his elder son, Ft-Lt Michael Wedgwood Benn, DFC, was . Suddenly, he was forced to resign as an MP as peers cannot serve in the Commons. William Hunt, Windsor Herald at the College of Arms, which maintains official registers of coats of arms and pedigrees, said Lord Benn had been entered onto the Register of Hereditary Peers after proving his right to succession. Britain's new queen of tennis Emma Raducanu, 18, 'is set to be one of the youngest CBE... MARTIN SAMUEL: Unprecedented in Britain. He said: ‘Tony Benn’s elder brother was killed in the war and Tony Benn did not want to accept the peerage because he wanted to continue to sit in the House of Commons. But in a temporary compromise, he allowed 92 to remain, until there were further reforms. Lord Benn did not respond to requests to comment. Upload media . William Francis Stewart,eldest son of Sir Harry Jocelyn Urquhart Stewart, 11th Baronet,6th October 1901-7th June 1944 Found inside69 'Tony' (Wedgwood) Benn(b. 1925); Labour politician; formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate (a change returnto in the law enabling him to renounce his peerage in 1963 and the House of ... L.M's friendSir Michael Duff, 3rd Bt (1907–80). Ninety-two hereditary peers are entitled to sit in the House, alongside the more numerous Life Peers; hereditary peers are replaced through by-elections when they die, so Stansgate may have a wait on his . Found inside – Page 174Oliver Frederick George 139 Stansgate : see Benn Steel : see Steel - Maitland Stewart , Charles Stewart Vane ... Frederic John Napier , 3rd Baron Chelmsford , 1st Viscount Chelmsford 143 Thomas , David Alfred , Viscount Rhondda 143 ... At the time, the wartime coalition government was short of working Labour peers in the upper house. Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate (418 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate (born 21 August 1951), is Director of Parliamentary Affairs for the Royal Society of Biology and 10 Dec 1991) 1. He went on to serve in the Cabinet of successive Labour governments and as Postmaster-General campaigned to have the Queenâs head removed from stamps. But it is also the story of Anna herself, loyal daughter, wife and sister. As the story unfolds and her marriage begins to crumble, Anna finds herself at the mercy of events, emotions and the most vicious form of blackmail. Air Commodore William was elected as a Liberal and Labour MP several times between 1906 and 1942 and was also Secretary of State for India (from 1929 to 1931) and Secretary of State for Air (from 1945 and 194). When he died in 2014, it emerged that rather than a socialist redistribution of wealth, his will left £5 million to his children, and none to the causes he espoused. Upon his death in November 1960, his son Tony inherited the peerage, becoming the 2nd Viscount Stansgate. Born Anthony Wedgwood Benn, Benn was elected to the Commons in 1950. âThis is the united view of the whole family including my wife, my eldest son, my brother, my mother and was shared by my beloved father.â. Early life and family. They are pictured with Stephen's daughter Emily in 2007. He appears to have used tax avoidance schemes which, while legal, had long been decried by those on the Left â not least himself â to keep as much of his £5,085,001 estate out of the public purse as possible. âNeither have any legitimacy. Benn's life offers an incredible sweep of history: the son of feminist theologian Margaret Wedgwood Benn and former secretary of state for India, Viscount Stansgate (as he briefly was), Benn had . He was refused permission but the speech was later published in a book. Already a Croydon councillor, and holding the record of being the youngest every parliamentary candidate when she was just 17, she denies any nepotism, but has boasted: ‘I was born during the Labour Party conference in 1989. In 2015, their daughter Emily, an investment banker, stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in Croydon South. Stephen's wife Nita Clarke, with whom he has a son and daughter, worked for Blair for six years and is a former member of the Greater London Council. This trajectory, like that of Christ, was the result of Gandhi's passion: his conscious courting of suffering as the means to reach divine truth. This emphasises its long-term leadership by Tony Benn, father of Melissa Benn, the author, Hilary Benn, the decidedly non-Bennite MP whose sacking from the shadow cabinet prompted the 2016 leadership challenge against Corbyn, and Stephen Benn, the 3rd Viscount Stansgate. 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