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{{short description|British politician}}
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|honorific-prefix =
|name             = Evan Luard
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|office2          = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford]]
|term_start2      = 10 October 1974
|term_end2        = 7 April 1979
|predecessor2     = [[Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington|Montague Woodhouse]]
|successor2       = [[John Patten, Baron Patten|John Patten]]
|term_start3      = 31 March 1966
|term_end3        = 29 May 1970
|predecessor3     = [[Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington|Montague Woodhouse]]
|successor3       = [[Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington|Montague Woodhouse]]
|birth_date       = 31 October 1926
|birth_place      = [[Addington, Kent]], England
|death_date       = {{death date and age|1991|2|8|1926|8|31|df=y}}
|death_place      = [[Richmond upon Thames]], [[Surrey]]
|party            = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] {{small|(until 1981)}}<br />[[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] {{small|(1981–1988)}}
|alma_mater       = [[King's College, Cambridge]]
|religion         =
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'''David Evan Trant Luard''' (31 October 1926 – 8 February 1991), most commonly known as '''Evan Luard''', was a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP) politician, and a renowned [[international relations]] scholar.
==Education and early career==
Luard was educated at [[King's College School, Cambridge]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=A History of King's College Choir School Cambridge|author=Henderson, RJ|year=1981|publisher=King's College Choir School |isbn=978-0950752808}}</ref> [[Felsted School]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]], where he gained a First in Part I of the Modern Languages [[tripos]].<ref>Roberts, Adam, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50720 "Luard, (David) Evan Trant (1926–1991)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2022. {{subscription required}}</ref> In 1950, Luard joined the [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service|Foreign Service]], and after learning [[Chinese language|Chinese]] he was stationed in [[Peking]] from 1952 to 1954. In 1956 he resigned from the diplomatic service in protest of Britain's involvement in the [[Suez Crisis]].
He became a research fellow at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]], in 1957, where he was able to research Chinese relations with Britain. He was a Labour councillor on [[Oxford City Council]] from 1958 to 1961.
==Political career==
Having first contested the seat in 1964, Luard was elected as the Labour Party [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford]] in 1966.<ref>''The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1966.''</ref> He served as MP until 1970 and again from October 1974 to 1979. He was the only Labour member ever to represent the constituency in its original form. He served as a [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State]] in the Foreign Office from 1969 to 1970 and again from 1976 until Labour left power in 1979.
Luard joined the SDP soon after its formation, and contested the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]] for the party in the newly formed constituency of [[Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford West and Abingdon]]. He was de-selected as candidate in 1987 in favour of [[Chris Huhne]].
==Publications==
Luard is mainly known for his extensive writings on numerous aspects of international relations.<ref>Adam Roberts, 'Evan Luard as a Writer on International Affairs', ''Review of International Studies'', vol. 18, no. 1, January 1992.</ref> He is also known for his sociological theories including the hierarchy theory. His exhaustive study of war, ''War in International Society: A Study in International Sociology'', was published in Britain in 1986 and by Yale University Press in the United States in 1987. Luard also contributed a number of studies in support of "community socialism" in Britain, most notably ''Socialism and the State'' (1979). An account of his life and work appeared in the ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' in 2004.
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| title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford]]
| years  = [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]–[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
| before = [[Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington|Montague Woodhouse]]
| after  = [[Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington|Montague Woodhouse]]
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| title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford]]
| years  = [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]–[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
| before = [[Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington|Montague Woodhouse]]
| after  = [[John Patten, Baron Patten|John Patten]]
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