Basil E Goldstone was a British

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 Liberal Party

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 activist.

Goldstone studied at Richmond Hill School and Dover College

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 before joining the Royal Air Force

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. He stood repeatedly for the Liberal Party in general elections, but was never elected: in Hendon

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 in 1935, Petersfield

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 in 1945, Dover

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 in 1950 and 1959, Basingstoke in 1964, Peterborough

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 in 1966, Norfolk South in 1970, and Harlow

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 in February and October 1974. He did served for some years on Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District Council.

Later in life, Goldstone worked as a hospital catering officer. In 1976–77, he served as the President of the Liberal Party. A long-term supporter of animal rights

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, in 1978, he proposed wide-ranging animal protection legislation, which the party voted to support.