Donald Soper
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Donald Oliver Soper, Baron Soper was a British Methodist minister, socialist and pacifist. He served as President of the Methodist Conference in 1953–54. After May 1965 he was a peer in the House of Lords.
Portrait by Walter Bird, 1965
Appearing (centre) with Charlotte Hough, John Finnis and others on After Dark in 1987: "Killing With Care?"
Bust of Soper in Wesley's Chapel, London
House of Lords
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The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. One of the oldest institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
House of Lords
Queen Anne addressing the House of Lords, c. 1708–1714, by Peter Tillemans
An early 19th-century illustration showing the east wall of the House of Lords in the centre.
The rejection of the People's Budget, proposed by David Lloyd George (above), precipitated a political crisis in 1909.