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| Born | Clement Raphael Freud 24 April 1924 Berlin |
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Writer, politician, broadcaster, chef |
| Known for | Just a Minute |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | June Flewett (1950- ) |
| Children | 5 children |
Sir Clement Raphael Freud (born 24 April 1924) is a British writer, broadcaster, and former politician. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 Radio comedy Panel game which has been broadcast since 22 December 1967 and is hosted by Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
Freud was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish parents Ernst Ludwig Freud, an architect, and Lucie née Brasch. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Ernst Ludwig Freud (1892 in Vienna – 1970 in London) was a German - Austrian Architect and the youngest son of Sigmund Freud He is the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and brother of artist Lucian Freud. Sigmund Freud (ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfʁɔʏt born Sigismund Shlomo Freud (May 6 1856 &ndash September 23 1939 was an Austrian Psychiatrist who founded Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (born 8 December 1922 is a British painter of German Origin His family fled to Britain from Nazi Germany. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers He attended St Paul's School, an independent school in London. St Paul's School is a boys' Independent school, founded in 1509 by John Colet. An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and During the Second World War Freud served as an aide to Field Marshal Montgomery. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, (məntˈgʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn He married June Flewett (the inspiration for Lucy Pevensie in CS Lewis' children's series the Chronicles of Narnia)[1] in 1950, and the couple have five children. Lucy Pevensie ( 1933 - 1949) is a fictional character in C S Lewis ' The Chronicles of Narnia. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Life in politics
Clement Freud was Liberal Member of Parliament for the Isle of Ely (later North East Cambridgeshire) from 1973 to 1987. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Isle of Ely was a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, centred on the Isle of Ely in North East Cambridgeshire is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) On his election, he was hailed as the first Jewish Liberal MP for decades. His departure from Parliament was marked by his being awarded a knighthood. The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system.
During his time as a Member of Parliament, he visited China with a delegation of other MPs, including Winston S. Churchill, a grandson of the wartime leader of the same name. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Winston Spencer-Churchill (born October 10, 1940) generally known as Winston Churchill, is a retired British Conservative Party Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Freud noticed that the Communist Chinese hosts regularly gave Churchill larger, or higher status, accommodation than him. Tactfully he enquired why and was told it was because of the status of Churchill's namesake. Freud observed that this was the first time ever that he had been 'out-grandfathered'.
Chef, Writer, Television, Fame
Before he entered politics, Freud was already a well-known figure. He was one of Britain's first 'celebrity chefs', having worked at the Dorchester Hotel, and went on to run his own restaurant in Sloane Square at a relatively young age. In its strictest sense a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking The Dorchester is a leading luxury Hotel on Park Lane in Mayfair, London, overlooking Hyde Park. Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea As well as this, he had various newspaper and magazine columns, and was also a familiar face on television due to his appearance in a series of dog food adverts (for Minced Morsels) in which he co-starred with a bloodhound called Henry (played by a number of dogs) which shared his trademark "hangdog" expression. A bloodhound (also known as the St Hubert hound) is a large breed of Dog bred for the specific purpose of tracking human beings
However, despite his general fame, Freud longed for (given his background and ancestry) a distinct occupation by which he could be acclaimed, rather than just being "the man off the telly"; his chance came in the 1973 Isle of Ely Parliamentary by-election, which he won. The Isle of Ely by-election 1973 was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 July 1973 for the British House of Commons constituency His autobiography, Freud Ego, recalls his election win, and shortly after, when asked by his wife June, "Why aren't you looking happier?", he wrote "It suddenly occurred to me that after nine years of fame I now had something solid about which to be famous. . . and cheered up no end. "
In 1968 he wrote a children's book, Grimble. Six years later he wrote a sequel: Grimble at Christmas.
Music, Radio, Academia
Freud also performed a small monologue for the Wings album Band on the Run, and appears on the album's cover. Wings were a rock supergroup formed in August 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. Band on the Run is an album by Wings, released in 1973 McCartney's fifth album since the breakup of The Beatles (and Wings' third it became Wings' He is now perhaps best known as a panelist on the popular Radio 4 quiz programmes Just a Minute and The News Quiz, where his deadpan delivery is popular with audiences. Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 Radio comedy Panel game which has been broadcast since 22 December 1967 and is hosted by The News Quiz is a topical Comedy Quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. He was a contestant on the very first episode of Just a Minute in 1967; has taken part in every series since; and is the only surviving original panelist. In 1974, he was elected Rector of the University of Dundee and served two three-year terms. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Rector of the University of Dundee is a member of the University Court at the University of Dundee in Scotland. A generation later, in 2002, he was elected Rector of the University of St Andrews, beating feminist and academic Germaine Greer and local challenger Barry Joss, holding the position for one term. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939 is an Australian born Writer, Academic, Journalist and Scholar of early modern English literature
Family and other animals
His son Matthew Freud, co-owner of the now defunct Press Gazette with Piers Morgan, was formerly married to Caroline Hutton, who was the second wife of Earl Spencer. Matthew Freud (born 1963 is head of Freud Communications an international Public relations firm in the United Kingdom. Press Gazette, formerly known as UK Press Gazette (UKPG is a British media trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965) is a former editor of British Tabloid newspapers the News of the Charles Edward Maurice Spencer 9th Earl Spencer, DL (born 20 May 1964) is the second and only surviving son of John Spencer 8th Earl Spencer He is now married to media magnate Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth. is gay Bold text' Keith Rupert Murdoch', AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11 1931 usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American Two notable individuals are named Elisabeth Murdoch: Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman Sir Clement Freud's daughter Emma Freud, a broadcaster, is married to Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Blackadder and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Emma Vallencey Freud (born 25 January 1962) is an English Broadcaster and Cultural commentator. For the former state representative from Washington State see Richard Curtis (politician Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of an acclaimed BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British Romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. His nieces (by his painter brother Lucian) are fashion designer Bella Freud and writer Esther Freud. Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (born 8 December 1922 is a British painter of German Origin Bella Freud (born April 17 1961 in London, England) is a London -based Fashion designer with a number of Celebrity Esther Freud (2 May 1963 -) is a British Novelist. Born in London, she is the daughter of painter Lucian Freud and Bernadine Coverley and is The Freud family live in Walberswick in Suffolk. Walberswick is a Village on the Suffolk coast across the River Blyth from Southwold. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England.
Freud is a horse racing enthusiast, and is a columnist for the Racing Post newspaper. The Racing Post is a British daily Horse racing, Greyhound racing and Sports betting Newspaper. In his column in the paper, issue of 23 August 2006, he wrote about his election to Parliament in a by-election: "Politically, I was an anti-Conservative unable to join a Labour party hell-bent on nationalising everything that moved, so when a by-election occurred in East Anglia, where I lived and live, I stood as a Liberal and was fortunate in getting in. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. East Anglia is often used as a shorthand for the Kingdom of the East Angles. Ladbrokes quoted me at 33-1 in this three-horse contest, so Ladbrokes paid for me to have rather more secretarial and research staff than other MPs, which helped to keep me in for five parliaments. Ladbrokes plc ( is a British based Gambling company It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow London. "
Freud has also written articles reviewing facilities for spectators at racecourses in Britain, especially catering. This has led him to receive the nickname "Sir Clement Food. " He is an Anglican[2]
References
- ^ The Daily Telegraph, 11 December 2005
- ^ Association of Jewish Refugees, 2001
- Who's Who 2006
- “One of Nature’s Liberals:” the career of Sir Clement Freud, artist, journalist, chef, bon-viveur – and Liberal MP, 1973-87 by Daniel Crewe; Journal of Liberal History, Issue 43, Summer 2004
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Harry Legge-Bourke |
Member of Parliament for Isle of Ely 1973–1983 |
Succeeded by (Constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (Constituency created) |
Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire 1983–1987 |
Succeeded by Malcolm Moss |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Peter Ustinov |
Rector of the University of Dundee 1974–1980 |
Succeeded by Baron Mackie of Benshie |
| Preceded by Andrew Neil |
Rector of the University of St Andrews 2002–2005 |
Succeeded by Simon Pepper |
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