| LC control no. | n 89604933 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Melchett, Peter Robert Henry Mond, baron |
| Variant(s) | Mond, Peter Robert Henry, baron Melchett |
| Birth date | 1948-02-24 |
| Death date | 2018-08-29 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Environmentalism Great Britain--Politics and government Youth with social disabilities--Employment |
| Affiliation | Greenpeace UK Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords Soil Association Wildlife Link (Organization) Community Industry (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Environmentalists Politicians Executives |
| Found in | nuc89-7714: His Reorganisation of secondary education ... 1977 (hdg. on NcD rept.: Melchett, Peter Robert Henry Mond, baron) BL database 13 Jan. 2012 (ref.: Mond, Peter Robert Henry, baron Melchett) Guardian WWW site, viewed Sept. 5, 2018 (Lord Melchett; Peter Robert Henry Mond, Lord Melchett, environmentalist, born 24 February 1948, London; died 29 August 2018; probably best remembered for leading a group of protesters who destroyed a trial crop of genetically modified maize in Norfolk in 1999; one of 28 Greenpeace activists who were subsequently charged with theft and criminal damage, but were acquitted; chairman and then executive director of Greenpeace UK from 1986 to 2001; before Greenpeace, he had spent much of the 1970s in politics with the Labour party as a minister in the House of Lords, and after Greenpeace he made his biggest mark as policy director for the Soil Association, the charity that champions organic farming and sustainable forestry; in the Lords, he was made a Labour whip by Harold Wilson in 1974, and became a junior minister in the Department of the Environment under Tony Crosland; after a brief period as a junior minister in the Department of Industry, in 1976 Peter was appointed minister of state for Northern Ireland; set up Wildlife Link (now Wildlife and Countryside Link), an alliance of environmental groups; chairman of Community Industry (1979-86), a scheme run by the National Association of Youth Clubs to employ young people in deprived areas of the UK) |
| Associated language | eng |
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