# Basil Goldstone > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Basil_Goldstone > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Basil_Goldstone.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Goldstone > Source revision: 1350582926 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British Liberal Party activist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Basil Goldstone | image = Basil Goldstone.png | caption = Goldstone in 1979 | birth_date = October 1909 | birth_place = [Twickenham](/source/Twickenham) | death_date = November 1988 | death_place = [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn) | occupation = Political activist}} '''Basil Eric Goldstone''' (October 1909 – November 1988) was an English [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) activist. He served for some years on [Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District](/source/Kingsclere_and_Whitchurch_Rural_District) Council. He was the founder of the Liberal Animal Welfare Group. ==Career== Goldstone was born in [Twickenham](/source/Twickenham).{{cite news|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0003432%2F19881125&page=3|title=The Liberal stalwart who cared for people|newspaper=Lynn News & Advertiser|date=November 25, 1988 |page=3}} {{subscription required}} He studied at Richmond Hill School and [Dover College](/source/Dover_College) before joining the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force).''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'' (1964), p. 25 He stood repeatedly for the Liberal Party in general elections, but was never elected: in [Hendon](/source/Hendon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1935](/source/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election), [Petersfield](/source/Petersfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1945](/source/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election), [Dover](/source/Dover_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1950](/source/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election) and [1959](/source/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election), [Basingstoke](/source/Basingstoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1964](/source/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election), [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1966](/source/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election), [Norfolk South](/source/Norfolk_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1970](/source/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election), and [Harlow](/source/Harlow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [February](/source/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election) and [October 1974](/source/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election).''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'' (1974), p. 140 He was more successful locally as he was elected in 1961 to the [Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District](/source/Kingsclere_and_Whitchurch_Rural_District) Council by 450 to 50 votes. He moved to [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn) in 1965 as a hospital catering officer and won a Lynn Town Council seat in 1971. In 1976–77, he served as president of the Liberal Party. He was president of Lynn Liberals and involved with St Margaret's Residents' Association which provided homes for the elderly. In May 1988, an [American red oak](/source/Quercus_rubra) tree was planted near the Red Mount in [The Walks park](/source/The_Walks_(urban_park)) in King's Lynn in recognition of his service to the Liberal Party.{{cite news|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0003432%2F19880510&page=14|title=Lib plants a tree|newspaper=Lynn News & Advertiser|date=May 10, 1988|page=12}} {{subscription required}} ==Animal welfare== A long-term supporter of [animal welfare](/source/animal_welfare), in 1978, he proposed wide-ranging animal protection legislation, which the party voted to support.Richard Dudley Ryder, ''Animal revolution: changing attitudes toward speciesism'', p. 183 In 1980, Goldstone founded the Liberal Animal Welfare Group.Garner, Robert. (2016). ''Animal Rights: The Changing Debate''. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 187. {{ISBN|978-1349251766}} [Richard D. Ryder](/source/Richard_D._Ryder) has commented that Goldstone "rapidly made the Liberal Party the most active of the four major parties in the whole field of animal welfare".Ryder, Richard D. (1983). ''Victims of Science: The Use of Animals in Research''. National Anti-Vivisection Society. p. 154. {{ISBN|978-0905225067}} Goldstone was an opponent of fox hunting and in 1986 criticized [Henry Bellingham](/source/Henry_Bellingham%2C_Baron_Bellingham)'s arguments that fox hunting is a humane way to kill.{{cite news|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0003432%2F19860327&page=20|title=Challenge on animal welfare|newspaper=Lynn News & Advertiser|date=March 27, 1986 |page=20}} {{subscription required}} ==Death== Goldstone died at his home in King's Lynn, aged 79. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{succession box | title=[President of the Liberal Party](/source/President_of_the_Liberal_Party_(UK)) | before=[Margaret Wingfield](/source/Margaret_Wingfield) | after=[Gruffydd Evans](/source/Gruffydd_Evans) | years=1976–1977}} {{s-end}} {{People in animal welfare}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldstone, Basil}} Category:1909 births Category:1988 deaths Category:Councillors in Hampshire Category:English animal welfare workers Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Category:People educated at Dover College Category:People from King's Lynn Category:People from Twickenham Category:Presidents of the Liberal Party (UK) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Basil Goldstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Goldstone) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Goldstone?action=history)). 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