Family
Foot's father, Isaac Foot, was a solicitor and founder of the Plymouth law firm, Foot and Bowden. Isaac Foot was an active member of the Liberal Party and was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall 1922–1924 and 1929–1935 and a Lord Mayor of Plymouth.
His brother, Michael Foot, was a prominent figure in the Labour Party and was Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. He was also a brother of the Liberal politician John Foot (Lord Foot), and of Hugh Foot (Lord Caradon), a Governor of Cyprus and British Ambassador to the United Nations, whose son was the campaigning journalist Paul Foot.
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