Yesterday's Daily Telegraph contains an interesting obituary of Francis Noel Baker who died recently. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6240722/Francis-Noel-Baker.html Francis Noel-Baker was elected Labour MP for Brentford and Chiswick in 1945 but lost the seat 4 years later. He later rejoined the House of Commons as Labour MP for Swindon. His support for the Greek Colonels'  Junta greatly embarassed the Labour Party at a time when many of us were campaigning for the restoration of democracy in Greece. His family's association with Greece went back to the days of Lord Byron. His father was a member of the House of Lords and he owned very large estates in Greece.

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