Geoffrey Johnson Tordoff, Baron Tordoff (11 October 1928 – 22 June 2019) was a British businessman and politician.

Biography

The son of Stanley Acomb Tordoff, he was educated at

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and the

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. Tordoff worked for

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from 1950 to 1983, first as marketing executive of

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, then as public affairs manager for

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. Between 1986 and 1992 he was Honorary President of the

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. From 1990 to 1994 he was chair of the Middle East Committee of the

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. He was a member of the

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between 1995 and 2002. As a

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candidate, Tordoff contested

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in the 1964 general election and

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in the 1966 general election and 1970 general election. On 11 May 1981 he was created a

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as Baron Tordoff, of

in the County of

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and sat in the

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as a

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until his retirement on 13 October 2016. He was elected President of the Liberal Party for 1984–1985. In 1953, he married Mary Patricia Swarbrick (died 11 April 2013). They had three daughters and two sons. He died on 22 June 2019 at the age of 90.Retired members of the House of Lords
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