Frank Judd, Lord Judd of Portsea, in the garden at his home in Thackthwaite, near Lorton, Cockermouth; Monday 21st June 2010: PAUL JOHNSON 50007138T000.JPG.
FORMER Cumbrian MP Sir Tony Cunningham has paid a warm tribute to his friend, the former minister and Labour peer Frank Judd.
Lord Judd, who lived in the Lorton Valley, was a former director of Oxfam and had an abiding and lifelong interest in international development. He was also a keen supporter of Friends of the Lake District.
He served as the group’s president between 2005 and 2012.
Speaking this week, Sir Tony recalled how he had been a young man working in Africa with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) when he first met Lord Judd, at that time the organisation’s leader. “He was an inspiration to a lot of people,” said Sir Tony.