Jeremy Thorpe
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John Jeremy Thorpe was a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1959 to 1979 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder his former boyfriend, Norman Scott.
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Trinity College, Oxford
Barnstaple, at the heart of the North Devon constituency
The Barnstaple to Exeter railway line, which survived the Beeching cuts![The monument to Caroline Thorpe on Codden Hill, Bishop's Tawton. It was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis and dedicated on 4 December 1971 by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Crediton.[83]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/A_monument_on_Codden_Beacon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1749050.jpg/500px-A_monument_on_Codden_Beacon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1749050.jpg){kind=tracking}
The monument to Caroline Thorpe on Codden Hill, Bishop's Tawton. It was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis and dedicated on 4 December 1971 by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Crediton.[83]
Harold Wilson, who formed a minority Labour government in the wake of the failed Heath-Thorpe coalition talks in March 1974
Porlock Hill in Somerset, scene of Newton's attempted shooting of Scott
James Callaghan, Prime Minister 1976-79, who governed by courtesy of the 1977 Lib-Lab pactIn their orbit 5
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John Jeremy Thorpe was a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1959 to 1979 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder his former boyfriend, Norman Scott. Thorpe was acquitted on all charges, but the case, and the scandal surrounding it, ended his political career.
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