About Colin Shepherd
Lived 1938 – 2024 (aged 86). Colin Shepherd was a British politician.
Sir Colin Ryley Shepherd (13 January 1938 – 17 January 2024) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was MP for Hereford from October 1974 until his defeat by Liberal Democrat Paul Keetch in 1997. He took a special interest in rural issues and the Commonwealth.
Background Shepherd was born in Hale, Cheshire in 1938. He was head boy at the prestigious Oundle School and after performing his national service with the Royal Navy, he attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and McGill University in Montreal, where he served in the Royal Canadian Navy. and lived at Ganarew Manor, Herefordshire. He married Lady Louise Cleveland in 1966, and they had three boys.
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Who was Colin Shepherd?
British politician (1938–2024)
When was Colin Shepherd born?
Colin Shepherd was born on 13 January 1938.
When did Colin Shepherd die?
Colin Shepherd died on 17 January 2024.
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Colin Shepherd was a politician.
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Colin Shepherd was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Colin Shepherd. https://biography.guide/colin-shepherd/
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