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Baroness Dee Doocey and Lord Monroe Palmer pay tribute to Lord Anthony Jacobs

Screen Shot 2014-06-24 at 21.30.52Many long standing members of the party will be very sad to hear of the death of Anthony (Lord) Jacobs last Saturday.

Anthony was a lifelong supporter of the party and served in many roles including Economics and Taxation Advisor from 1973 to 1978.  He twice fought the Parliamentary Constituency of Watford increasing the Liberal share of the vote from 6% to 24%. In 1984, he was elected Joint Treasurer of the Party and was returned unopposed each year until he stepped down in 1987. He was a …

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