Niall MacDermot

Niall MacDermot (acceptance speech Erasmus Prize 1989)

Niall MacDermot (10 September 1916 – 22 February 1996), was a British Labour Party politician.

He was first elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham North, at a by-election in 1957 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Austin Hudson.

MacDermot lost his seat two years later at the 1959 general election, but two years later he returned to Parliament as MP for Derby North at by-election in 1962.

He was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1964 to 1967, and retired from the Commons at the 1970 general election.

From 1970 to 1990, he was Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists, succeeding Sean MacBride.

He was the grandson of Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, who served as Solicitor General for Ireland in 1885 and 1886, and as Attorney General for Ireland in 1892.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Niall MacDermot

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Austin Hudson	Member of Parliament for Lewisham North 1957–1959	Succeeded by Christopher Chataway
Preceded by Clifford Wilcock	Member of Parliament for Derby North 1962–1970	Succeeded by Phillip Whitehead
Political offices
Preceded by Alan Green	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1964–1967	Succeeded by Harold Lever