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In May 1973, Jellicoe was leader of the House of Lords when his second career ended spectacularly after becoming embroiled in the Lord Lambton call girl scandal. The madame at the centre of the scandal, Norma Levy, had a notebook with a list of clients and the word ‘Jellicoe’. While this actually referred to a district of St Pancras named Jellicoe Hall where prostitutes would meet clients, Jellicoe was questioned and admitted (totally unconnected) ‘casual liaisons with escorts’. He resigned immediately and, in the aftermath, perhaps reflecting the morals of the time, many of his colleagues felt he should have kept quiet, and the affair would have blown over.
Jellicoe embarked on a later career involving several directorships and voluntary work, including president of the SAS Association. An active member of the Lords, he lost his automatic right to a seat as a hereditary peer with the House of Lords Act 1999. However, such was his worth that he was immediately created a life peer to enable him to continue. Jellicoe remained active in politics until just before his death in February 2007.
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