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Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd

British politician (1918–2001)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd, Baron Shepherd of Spalding, was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd” as british politician (1918–2001). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Malcolm, Shepherd and Baron.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current 42-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Malcolm, Shepherd and Baron providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd”, the useful work is to connect “british politician (1918–2001)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 13, 2026.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.