About Ron Ledger
Lived 1920 – 2004 (aged 84). Ron Ledger was a British politician.
Ronald Joseph Ledger (7 November 1920 – 11 December 2004) was a Labour Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom.
Early life Ledger was born in Tunbridge Wells and was raised in a Barnardo's orphanage after his father abandoned the family in 1923, during which time he was separated from his brother, sister, and pregnant mother. He was educated at Skinner's Grammar School and then at the University of Nottingham, where he founded the university's Labour Club and was its first chairman from 1948 to 1949. and held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1970 general election.
Ledger was a director of the London Co-operative Society from 1961. He was later the owner of a casino, and served as chairman of the Hairdressing Council from 1966.
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Who was Ron Ledger?
British Labour Party Member of Parliament (1920-2004)
When was Ron Ledger born?
Ron Ledger was born on 7 November 1920.
When did Ron Ledger die?
Ron Ledger died on 11 December 2004.
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Ron Ledger was a politician.
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Ron Ledger was British.
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