Patrick Moynihan, 2nd Baron Moynihan
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| Born | Patrick Berkeley Moynihan 29 July 1906 |
| Died | 30 April 1965 (aged 58) |
| Title | Baron Moynihan |
| Tenure | 1936-1965 |
| Nationality | British |
| Predecessor | Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan |
| Successor | Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan |
| Parents | Berkeley Moynihan Isabella Jessop |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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In office 7 September 1936 – 30 April 1965 Hereditary Peerage |
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| Preceded by | Berkeley Moynihan |
| Succeeded by | Antony Moynihan |
Patrick Berkeley Moynihan, 2nd Baron Moynihan (29 July 1906–30 April 1965) was a British politician and peer.
Moynihan was born in Leeds in 1906, the only son of the surgeon Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan. He studied law and became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. He then became a , moving to New York City, where he was active during the Wall Street Crash, then joined the in 1932. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Moynihan in 1936.
Moynihan followed his father in taking the Liberal Party whip in the House of Lords. By 1947, he was the treasurer of the party, and commented that he believed that the Labour Party's social reforms were close to the spirit of the Liberals, but that they ignored the individual. In 1949, he became the party chairman. His time as chairman was dominated by the 1950 general election, and a dispute with the Conservative Party, who ran National Liberal Party candidates under the label "Liberal and Conservative".
In February 1950, an object hit Moynihan's car while he was driving in Epping Forest. He claimed that it might have been a bullet, although he was unable to prove this.
In 1950 and 1951, Moynihan served as President of the National Union of Liberal Clubs, and he again became the party treasurer.
Long a friend of Edward Martell, in 1956 Moynihan was a founder member of his People's League for the Defence of Freedom, which claimed to combat the "tyranny of trade unions". The new organisation was opposed by the Executive of the Liberal Party, which was concerned that it was contemplating standing rival political candidates, and also opposed its calls for strikebreaking. The People's League became the National Fellowship, which opposed immigration and entry to the Common Market. Because of his support for the new organisation, in 1962, Moynihan was removed as a vice-president of the Yorkshire Area Liberal Federation. In 1963, Moynihan resigned from the Liberal Party, citing his membership of Martell's latest organisation, the Freedom Group, which actively supported Conservative candidates. However, in 1964, he began disassociating himself from Martell, resigning his posts in Martell's organisations by early 1965.
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