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| Former Scots Liberal leader dies | Former Scots Liberal leader dies |
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| Former Scottish Liberal leader Lord Russell-Johnston has died in Paris at the age of 75. | Former Scottish Liberal leader Lord Russell-Johnston has died in Paris at the age of 75. |
| Lord Russell-Johnston, who had been diagnosed with cancer, was an MP for Inverness for 33 years until 1997. | Lord Russell-Johnston, who had been diagnosed with cancer, was an MP for Inverness for 33 years until 1997. |
| The peer also served as Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and president of the Council of Europe. He leaves a wife and three sons. | The peer also served as Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and president of the Council of Europe. He leaves a wife and three sons. |
| Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg described Lord Russell-Johnston as "an institution in his own right". | Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg described Lord Russell-Johnston as "an institution in his own right". |
| Mr Clegg said: "He will be sorely missed not only by friends, family and colleagues in the UK but by all those countless people whose lives he touched throughout Europe. | |
| "My thoughts are with his wife Joan and his three sons and the rest of Russell's family at this difficult time." | |
| Russell Johnston was a Liberal in thought, word and deed. Sir Menzies Campbell | |
| He was the MP for the Liberals then the Liberal Democrats for Inverness from 1964 to 1983 and the seat of Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber from 1983 to 1997. | |
| Lord Russell-Johnston was knighted in 1985 and made a life peer in 1997 as Baron Russell-Johnston of Minginish in Highland. | |
| He changed his name by deed poll to incorporate his Christian name in the title. | |
| Fellow Scottish Liberal Democrat, former party leader Sir Menzies Campbell, said: "Russell Johnston was a Liberal in thought, word and deed. | |
| "He was pro-European and pro-Home Rule when these enthusiasms were not fashionable. Scottish and European politics have lost a man of integrity and wisdom." | |
| Acting Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Michael Moore said Lord Russell-Johnston was "one of the giants of Scottish Liberalism in the last quarter century". |