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Laird, John, 1944-2018

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Personal name headingLaird, John, 1944-2018
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Variant(s)Laird of Artigarvan, John Laird, Baron, 1944-
Birth date1944-04-23
Death date2018-07-10
Place of birthBelfast (Northern Ireland)
AffiliationGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Northern Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
Ulster-Scots Agency
Ulster Unionist Party
Profession or occupationPoliticians
Found inLaird, John. A struggle to be heard, 2010: title page (John Laird)
Wikipedia, Sept. 26, 2013 (Professor John Dunn Laird, Baron Laird FRSA of Artigarvan (born 23 April 1944) is a life peer and former chairman of the cross-border Ulster-Scots Agency; Ulster Unionist Party)
The peerage, website, Sept. 26. 2013 (John Dunn Laird, Baron Laird was born on 23 April 1944; son of Dr. Norman Davidson Laird and Margaret Dunn; educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institute, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland; a bank official 1963-1967; a bank inspector 1967-1968; a computer programmer 1968-1973; held the office of Member of Parliament for St. Anne's, Belfast 1970-1973; office of Member of Assembly (Northern Ireland) 1973-1975, for West Belfast; invested as a Fellow, Institute of Public Relations (F.I.P.R.) in 1991; created Baron Laird, of Artigarvan in the County of Tyrone (U.K. Life Peer) on 16 July 1999)
Guardian (online), viewed July 13, 2018 (Lord Laird; b. John Dunn Laird, Apr. 23, 1944, Belfast; d. July 10, 2018; Ulster Unionist politician forced to resign from the party over a lobbying scandal; a great defender of Ulster Scots culture)
Associated languageeng