The Baron Skidelsky, economic historian, author and crossbench life peer, died 15 April, 2026, aged 86.
Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, was born 25 April, 1939, and was an economic historian, author and crossbench life peer in the House of Lords. He is best known for his award-winning three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, regarded as the definitive study of the economist's life and work. Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, he held academic posts in history and political economy at several universities and was Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. Beyond academia, Skidelsky was influential in British public policy debates, serving as the founding chairman of the Social Market Foundation and writing extensively on economics, fiscal policy, and the political implications of technological change.
On 15 July 1991 he was created a life peer as Baron Skidelsky, of Tilton in the County of East Sussex.
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