Former Liberal Democrat chief Sir Menzies Campbell has died aged 84.
The MP for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015, he served as Lib Dem chief from 2006 to 2007.
He was made a life peer in 2015 and was often known as the Lord Campbell of Pittenweem, however his buddies knew him as Ming.
His grandson, Gregor Grant-Suttie, stated Lord Campbell died in London after a interval of respite care.
He had been planning to return to Scotland however died “peacefully” on the Kyn Hurlingham care dwelling within the presence of his grandson.
Mr Grant-Suttie stated that considered one of his ultimate days was spent watching the Liberal Democrat occasion convention and having fun with video messages from political buddies.
He stated: “The myriad of accolades and awards he collected in his professional life paled in comparison to his achievements as a husband, father figure, grandfather, and friend.”
Lord Campbell’s grandson added that he was a “rare breed of Scotsman whose contribution and ideas spanned so much further than his home country’s border”, and gave Scotland “the ability to be extremely proud of one of their own”.
Earlier than transferring into politics, Lord Campbell was an athlete, famously breaking Olympic gold medallist Wyndham Halswelle’s 53-year-old Scottish 300 yards file in 1961 earlier than competing on the 1964 Olympic Video games in Tokyo for the Nice Britain crew within the 200 metres and 4×100 metre relay.
He additionally held the British 100m file from 1967 to 1974, beating aspiring athlete OJ Simpson with a ten.2 second race.
Lord Campbell turned well-known for his opposition to the 2003 Iraq Struggle, when he was the Lib Dem overseas affairs spokesman and he argued Tony Blair’s authorities ought to publish the legal professional common’s secret recommendation on the battle’s legality.
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