Nicholas Lamert Luard (26 June 1937 Hampstead, London – 25 May 2004 Kensington, London) was a writer and politician.

Background

He was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...

and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and was taught by

F. R. Leavis Frank Raymond "F. R." Leavis (14 July 1895 – 14 April 1978) was an English literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught for much of his career at Downing College, Cambridge, and later at the University of York. Leavis ra ...

. He met Peter Cook through ''

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''. A very short academic career was replaced by club management on the strength of a legacy. He co-founded

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in the early 1960s with

Peter Cook Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, comedian, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishme ...

. He then went into writing. He was one of the Lords Gnome of '' Private Eye''. With

Chris Brasher Christopher William Brasher CBE (21 August 1928 – 28 February 2003) was a British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon. Early life and education Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, Brasher went t ...

, Nigel Hawkins and Denis Mollison, he founded the

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in 1983. Nick served as Chairman from 1991 to 1997. Luard stood as a candidate for the

Referendum Party The Referendum Party was a Eurosceptic, single-issue political party that was active in the United Kingdom from 1994 to 1997. The party's sole objective was for a referendum to be held on the nature of the UK's membership of the European Union ...

in the 1997 general election, against

Michael Portillo Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (; born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster and former politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as '' Great British Railway Journeys'' and '' Great Continental Railway Jour ...

in Enfield Southgate. Luard married Elisabeth Longmore, the food writer, in 1962.

Bibliography

*''Refer to Drawer: Being a Penetrating Survey of a Shameful National Practice - Hustling.'' With

Dominick Elwes Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes (24 August 1931 – 5 September 1975) was an English portrait painter whose much publicised elopement with an heiress in 1957 created an international scandal. Early life Elwes (pronounced "El-wez") was born on 24 A ...

; illus.

John Glashan John Glashan (born John McGlashan, 24 December 1927 – 15 June 1999Martin Plimmer,, ''The Independent'', 22 July 1999. Accessed 20 August 2016.) was a Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright. He was the creator of the "Genius" cartoons. ...

. London: Arthur Barker, 1964. *''The Warm and Golden War.'' London: Secker & Warburg, 1967 (). New York: Pantheon, 1967. *''Travelling Horseman.'' London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975. () *''The Robespierre Serial.'' London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975 (). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975 () *''The Orion Line.'' London: Secker & Warburg, 1976 () *''Blood Spoor.'' Under the pen name of James McVean, London: Raven Books, 1977 () *''The Dirty Area.'' London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979 () *''The Last Wilderness: A Journey Across the Great Kalahari Desert.'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981 (). London: Elm Tree, 1981 () *''Andalucia: A Portrait of Southern Spain.'' London: Century, 1984 () *''The Wildlife Parks of Africa.'' London: Michael Joseph, 1985 *''Landscape in Spain.'' Photographs by Michael Bussele. Boston: Little, Brown, 1988 (). London: Pavilion, 1988 () *''Gondar.'' London: Century, 1988 () *''Kala.'' London: Century, 1990 () *''Himalaya.'' London: Century, 1992 () *''Sanctuary.'' London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994 () *''Silverback.'' London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996 () *''The Field of the Star: Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago De Compostela.'' London: Michael Joseph, 1998 ()

References

External links

''Guardian'' obituary
by Patrick Marnham
Fantastic Fiction
1937 births 2004 deaths Private Eye contributors Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge People educated at Winchester College Referendum Party politicians {{UK-politician-stub