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adrian slade addressing the liberal party assembly in 1987 1987 -- 1988 des wilson ian wrigglesworth president of the liberal democrats british liberal party liberal democrats president of the liberal party 25 may 1936 1987 adrianslade1987.jpg adrian slade
 2 march 1988 adrian slade trinity college , cambridge
adrian slade

adrian carnegie slade , cbe -lrb- born 25 may 1936 -rrb- , is a british liberal democrat politician and advertising agency founder .
he was educated at trinity college , cambridge , where he became president of the footlights , and famously recruited peter cook to the society .
he was a liberal party parliamentary candidate in the 1960s and 1970s , contesting putney in 1966 , february 1974 and october 1974 .
he stood as an sdp -- liberal alliance candidate in wimbledon in 1987 .
he scored an upset win in the 1981 elections to the greater london council -lrb- glc -rrb- , winning the richmond seat from the conservatives by just 115 votes .
he became leader of the sdp -- liberal alliance group on the glc , and remained so until the glc 's dissolution in 1986 .
he served as the last ever president of the liberal party , from 1987 to 1988 , conducting its merger negotiations with the sdp .
he was vice-president of the liberal democrats 1988-9 .
he is also known within liberal party circles as a pianist and singer , talents which he shared with his brother julian slade .
there is a third brother , sir christopher slade -lrb- lord justice of appeal , 1982 -- 1991 -rrb- and a sister .
he has two children , nicola and rupert , with his wife sue .
