Greville janner biography

British politician and barrister (1928–2015)

Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, QC (11 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a British politician, barrister and writer.

Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, QC was a British politician, barrister and writer.

Greville Janner (11 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a British member of parliament from Leicester, representing Leicester West from 1974 to 1997.

Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, QC (11 July 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a British politician, barrister and writer.

Greville Janner was born on July 11, 1928 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was married to Myra Sheink.

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He became a Labour PartyMember of Parliament for Leicester in the 1970 general election as a last-minute candidate, succeeding his father. He was an MP until 1997, and then elevated to the House of Lords. Never a frontbencher, Janner was particularly known for his work on Select Committees; he chaired the Select Committee on Employment for a time.^[2] He was associated with a number of Jewish organisations including the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of which he was chairman from 1978 to 1984, and was later prominent in the field of education about the Holocaust.

Beginning in 1991, several allegations of child sexual abuse were made against Janner. Criminal proceedings brought in 2015 were halted by his death in December of that year; claims made against his estate were