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Niall MacDermot

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Niall MacDermot
MacDermot in 1989
Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists
In office
1970–1990
Preceded bySeán MacBride
Succeeded byAdama Dieng
Minister of State for Housing and Local Government
In office
29 August 1967 – 28 September 1968
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byFrederick Willey
Succeeded byDenis Howell
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
21 October 1964 – 29 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byAlan Green
Succeeded byHarold Lever
Member of Parliament
for Derby North
In office
17 April 1962 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byClifford Wilcock
Succeeded byPhillip Whitehead
Member of Parliament
for Lewisham North
In office
14 February 1957 – 18 September 1959
Preceded byAustin Hudson
Succeeded byChristopher Chataway
Personal details
Born(1916-09-10)10 September 1916
Dublin, Ireland
Died22 February 1996(1996-02-22) (aged 79)
Geneva, Switzerland
Political partyLabour (from 1956)
Spouses
Ludmila Benvenuto
(m. 1966)
Violet Maxwell
(m. 1940, dissolved)
Children1
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge

Niall MacDermot CBE OBE QC (10 September 1916 – 22 February 1996) was a British Labour politician.

MacDermot was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and served in the Intelligence Corps during the Second World War.[1] He was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North, at a by-election in 1957 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Austin Hudson.

MacDermot lost his seat two years later at the 1959 general election, and unsuccessfully contested the equivalent seat at the 1961 London County Council election. He returned to Parliament as MP for Derby North at a by-election in 1962.

He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1964 to 1967, and retired from the Commons at the 1970 general election.

From 1970 to 1990, he was Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists, succeeding Seán MacBride.[2]

He was the grandson of Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, who served as Solicitor General for Ireland in 1885 and 1886, and as Attorney General for Ireland in 1892. He was also the nephew of Frank MacDermot a Fine Gael politician.

Notes

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  1. ^ "MacDERMOT, Niall". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Tam Dalyell (27 February 1996). "OBITUARY: Niall MacDermot". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lewisham North
19571959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Derby North
19621970
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Financial Secretary to the Treasury
1964–1967
Succeeded by