The Baron Christopher, CBE, a Labour life peer, has died aged 101.
Anthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher was born 25 April, 1925. He was a businessman, trade unionist, tax official, and Labour life peer. Until his departure in 2026, he was the oldest serving British parliamentarian and the last parliamentarian to have served in the Second World War.
Between 1976 and 1988, Christopher was general secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation. Since 1981, he was director of the TU Fund Managers Ltd and since 1983 its chairman. In 1983, he was elected auditor of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and from 1988, he worked as Industrial and Public Affairs Consultant.
In the 1984 New Year Honours, Christopher was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 1989 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). On 30 July 1998, he was created a life peer as Baron Christopher, of Leckhampton in the County of Gloucestershire, taking the Labour whip. Following the death of Lord Carrington in July 2018, Christopher became the oldest sitting member of the House of Lords. In March 2021, he took a leave of absence from the House of Lords; he returned to the House of Lords in May 2024. In May 2026, he was removed from the House of Lords because of non-attendance in the preceding session of Parliament.
From 1953 until her death, Christopher was married to Adela Joy Thompson. Baroness Christopher died on 11 October 2024, at the age of 105.
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