(December 5, 1905-August 3, 2001)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Given name was Francis Aungier Pakenham
Seventh Earl of Longford (1961-2001)
Converted to Catholicism

He opposed pornogrpahy.
He and fellow British anti-porn crusader Mary Whitehouse inspired Deep Purple's song 'Mary Long.'
He did research on the sex industry by visiting sex clubs.
He was nicknamed 'Lord Porn.'
He campaigned to have convicted murderer Myra Hindley released from prison.
He told Ann West, mother of one of Hindley's victims, that if she did not forgive Hindley, she wouldn't go to heaven.
He was a homophobe who supported anti-gay legislation.
He said, 'If some elderly, or not so elderly, schoolmaster seduced one of my sons and taught him to be a homosexual, he would ruin him for life.'

He was a crusader for prison reform.
He and his wife were married for 70 years.
His wife, Elizabeth, daughters Antonia Fraser and Rachel Billington and son Thomas Pakenham all became writers.
He was portrayed on screen by Jim Broadbent.
He switched from the Conservative to the Labour party after witnessing poverty in the UK.
He served in the British government and became Leader of the House of Lords.
He wrote twenty books.
Labor MP Tony Benn called him 'a kind and thoughtful man.'

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