Lord Longford

Longford, Lord (Frank Pakenham; 7th Earl) (1905- ); author and social reformer. Brother of Edward Longford, born and educated in England, he became a socialist and a Catholic and campaigned against capital punishment, prison conditions, and pornography, becoming Lord Privy Seal in 1966. His study of the Anglo-Irish War in Peace By Ordeal (1935) gained him the reputation of a Republican. His many volumes of autobiographical writings, which include Born to Believe (1953), The Grain of Wheat (1974), and Avowed Intent (1994), reflect a busy public life.