Basil Goldstone
Basil Goldstone | |
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| Born | October 1909 |
| Died | November 1988 |
| Occupation | Political activist |
Basil Eric Goldstone(October 1909 – November 1988) was a BritishLiberal Partyactivist. He served for some years onKingsclere and Whitchurch Rural DistrictCouncil.[1]He was the founder of the Liberal Animal Welfare Group.
Career
[edit]Goldstone was born inTwickenham.[2]He studied at Richmond Hill School andDover Collegebefore joining theRoyal Air Force.[1]He stood repeatedly for the Liberal Party in general elections, but was never elected: inHendonin1935,Petersfieldin1945,Doverin1950and1959,Basingstokein1964,Peterboroughin1966,Norfolk Southin1970,andHarlowinFebruaryandOctober 1974.[3]He was more successful locally as he was elected in 1961 to theKingsclere and Whitchurch Rural DistrictCouncil by 450 to 50 votes.[2]
He moved toKing's Lynnin 1965 as a hospital catering officer and won a Lynn Town Council seat in 1971.[2]In 1976–77, he served as president of the Liberal Party. He was president of Lynn Liberals and involved with St Margaret's Residents' Association which provided homes for the elderly.[2]
In May 1988, anAmerican red oaktree was planted near the Red Mount in The Walks park in King's Lynn in recognition of his service to the Liberal Party.[2][4]
Animal welfare
[edit]A long-term supporter ofanimal welfare,in 1978, he proposed wide-ranging animal protection legislation, which the party voted to support.[5]In 1980, Goldstone founded the Liberal Animal Welfare Group.[6]Richard D. Ryderhas commented that Goldstone "rapidly made the Liberal Party the most active of the four major parties in the whole field of animal welfare".[7]
Goldstone was an opponent of fox hunting and in 1986 criticizedHenry Bellingham's arguments that fox hunting is a humane way to kill.[8]
Death
[edit]Goldstone died at his home in King's Lynn, aged 79.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abThe Times Guide to the House of Commons(1964), p. 25
- ^abcdef"The Liberal stalwart who cared for people".Lynn News & Advertiser.25 November 1988. p. 3.(subscription required)
- ^The Times Guide to the House of Commons(1974), p. 140
- ^"Lib plants a tree".Lynn News & Advertiser.10 May 1988. p. 12.(subscription required)
- ^Richard Dudley Ryder,Animal revolution: changing attitudes toward speciesism,p. 183
- ^Garner, Robert. (2016).Animal Rights: The Changing Debate.Palgrave Macmillan. p. 187.ISBN978-1349251766
- ^Ryder, Richard D. (1983).Victims of Science: The Use of Animals in Research.National Anti-Vivisection Society. p. 154.ISBN978-0905225067
- ^"Challenge on animal welfare".Lynn News & Advertiser.27 March 1986. p. 20.(subscription required)
