# Paddy Ashdown

> British politician and diplomat (1941–2018)

**Wikidata**: [Q333066](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333066)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/paddy-ashdown


## References

1. [From action man to MP. 1999](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/259273.stm)
2. [Paddy Ashdown: What we must do to win this war in Afghanistan. 2009](http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/paddy-ashdown-what-we-must-do-to-win-this-war-in-afghanistan-1755787.html)
3. Integrated Authority File
4. The Peerage
5. Munzinger Personen
6. TheyWorkForYou
7. Hansard 1803–2005
8. [Visit of Lord Paddy Ashdown, EU High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the EC. European Commission](https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/photo/P-011085~2F00-01)
9. [An education in the life of Lord Ashdown: 'I was bullied early on, but then I learnt to fight'. 2001](http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article162427.ece)
10. Czech National Authority Database
11. [Sir Paddy Ashdown. 2001](http://politics.guardian.co.uk/profiles/story/0,,459350,00.html)
12. [Ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown dies aged 77. 2018](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46662546)
13. [This much I know: Paddy Ashdown, politician and diplomat, 68, Somerset. 2009](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/26/paddy-ashdown-life-experience)
14. [Lover, commando, spy – the making of Paddy Ashdown. 2009](http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_extracts/article6077218.ece)
15. [Paddy Ashdown. Secret Agent. 2010](https://waugh.standard.co.uk/2010/05/paddy-ashdown-secret-agent.html)
16. [Paddy Ashdown's funeral held in Somerset. 2019](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-46822389)
17. The London Gazette 55879
18. The London Gazette 57855
19. The London Gazette 61092
20. International Standard Name Identifier
21. [Five facts about Paddy Ashdown. Reuters. 2007](http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2179371320070621)
22. Virtual International Authority File
23. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
24. [Lord Ashdown was 'simply Paddy' in Norton-sub-Hamdon. 2018](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-46665509)
25. [Paddy Ashdown: 'Learning six languages has changed my life'. 2014](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/oct/14/paddy-ashdown-language-learning-education)
26. [Paddy Ashdown: My family values. 2014](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/06/paddy-ashdown-my-family-values)
27. BBC Things
28. UK House of Commons Election Results at Constituency Level
29. LIBRIS. 2007