Lord Shackleton
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The Right Honourable The Lord Shackleton KG AC OBE PC FRS FRGS |
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1969 photograph, by Godfrey Argent
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| Lord Privy Seal | |
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In office 1 November 1968 – 20 June 1970 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Fred Peart |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
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In office 16 January 1968 – 20 June 1970 |
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| Preceded by | The Earl of Longford |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
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| Born | 15 July 1911 |
| Died | 22 September 1994 (aged 83) |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Horman (m. 1938) |
| Children | Charles Alexandra |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
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Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1940–56 |
| Rank | Wing Commander |
| Service number | 83143 |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, FRCGS (15 July 1911 – 22 September 1994) was a British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.
Born in Wandsworth, London, Shackleton was the younger son of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer. Shackleton was educated at Radley College, a boarding independent school for boys near the village of Radley in Oxfordshire, followed by Magdalen College at the University of Oxford.
Shackleton was a member of the 1932 Oxford University Exploration Club expedition to Sarawak in Borneo organised by Tom Harrisson. During this trip he was the first to attain the peak of Mount Mulu.
In 1934 Shackleton organised the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition and chose Gordon Noel Humphreys to lead it. Shackleton accompanied the party as the assistant surveyor to Humphreys. The expedition was eventually responsible for naming Mount Oxford (after the University of Oxford) and the British Empire Range. On leaving university, he worked as a Talks Producer for the BBC in Northern Ireland – an experience that turned him away from the Conservative Party towards Labour. After wartime service in the RAF, Shackleton was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945.
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