Law, Government and Politics
- Lord Bowness, Conservative politician
- Eddy Butler, politician
- Sir Jeremy Cooke, High Court judge
- Lord Diplock, judge and Law Lord
- Lord Freeman, Conservative politician
- Lord Freud, senior government advisor on welfare reform
- David Kerr, Labour politician
- Sir Keith Lindblom, High Court judge
- Lord Prentice, politician
- Lord Trend, civil servant
- Lord Tope, Liberal Democrat politician
- Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, Labour politician, lawyer
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