Maurice Peston, Baron Peston
| The Lord Peston | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 March, 1931 London, U.K |
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| Occupation | economist and Labour life peer |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Conroy (m.1958) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Abraham Peston Yetta Malt |
Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston (19 March 1931 – 23 April 2016[1]) was an English economist and Labour life peer.[2] His research interests included macroeconomic policy and the economics of education.[3]
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Personal
Peston was born in 1931 in London, the son of Abraham Peston and Yetta R. (née Malt) Peston. He was educated at Belle Vue Boys' School, Bradford, West Yorkshire[2] and Hackney Downs School. He graduated from the London School of Economics and undertook postgraduate study at Princeton University.[4] He married Helen Conroy in London in 1958.[5]
The couple believed passionately in state education, and sent all of their three children to the local comprehensive, Highgate Wood School, Crouch End, north London.[6] One of their children is journalist Robert Peston, currently ITV's political editor.
Career
Academia
Peston founded the economics department at Queen Mary College, London, and advised various government departments and Labour Secretaries of State from the 1960s through to the 1990s.[7] He remained an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the College until his death in 2016.[3]
House of Lords
Peston was created a life peer as Baron Peston, of Mile End, in Greater London on 24 March 1987.[8] He immediately became Opposition Spokesperson for Energy (until 1997) and Education & Science (until 1997).[9] He served as Opposition Spokesperson on the Treasury (1990–92) and Trade & Industry (1992–97).[9] He chaired the House of Lords Offices Refreshments Sub-committee from 1993 to 1997.[9]
When Labour took over government, he chaired the influential House of Lords Committee on Economic Affairs from 1998 until 2005.[9] Since then he has worked on the Lords Constitution Committee, and on the committee reviewing the BBC Charter.[9]
Other interests
Lord Peston was an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society, and a distinguished supporter of the British Humanist Association.[10]
References
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- ↑ British Humanist Association: Distinguished Supporters, humanism.org.uk; accessed 24 April 2016.
External links
- Robert Peston: My late father Maurice Peston's influence, bbc.co.uk; accessed 24 April 2016.
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- 1931 births
- 2016 deaths
- English economists
- British secularists
- Labour Party (UK) life peers
- People educated at Hackney Downs School
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Princeton University alumni
- Academics of Queen Mary University of London
- Honorary Fellows of the London School of Economics
- British Jews
- Jewish British politicians
- People from London
- People from Mile End
