Editing Michael Foot (section)

==Family==
Foot was born in Lipson Terrace, [[Plymouth]], Devon, the fourth son and fifth of seven children of [[Isaac Foot]] (1880–1960) and of the [[Scotswoman]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thecnj.com/review/122806/books122806_03.html |title= Extraordinary life of Apostle of England |publisher= Camden New Journal |date= 28 December 2006 |access-date= 15 August 2010 |last= Harrington |first= Illytd |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230516/http://www.thecnj.com/review/122806/books122806_03.html |archive-date= 16 July 2011 |url-status= live }}</ref> Eva<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.politics.co.uk/audio-video/video/legal-and-constitutional/legal-and-constitutional/obituary-michael-foot-$1363461.htm |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120906061614/http://www.politics.co.uk/audio-video/video/legal-and-constitutional/legal-and-constitutional/obituary-michael-foot-$1363461.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 6 September 2012 |last= Moore |first= Jonathan |title= Obituary: Michael Foot |date= 3 March 2010 |publisher= politics.co.uk |access-date= 15 August 2010 }}</ref> (née Mackintosh, died 17 May 1946).
Isaac Foot was a solicitor and founder of the Plymouth [[law firm]] Foot and Bowden (which amalgamated with another firm to become Foot Anstey). Isaac Foot, an active member of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for [[Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)|Bodmin]] in Cornwall from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935, and as a [[Lord Mayor]] of Plymouth.<ref name=DLB>{{cite book
|last= Foot|first= John|editor= Duncan Brack|others= Malcolm Baines, Katie Hall, Graham Lippiatt, Tony Little, Mark Pack, Geoffrey Sell, Jen Tankard|title= Dictionary of Liberal Biography|edition= 1st|publisher= Politico's Publishing|location= Artillery Row, London|isbn= 978-1-902301-09-9|pages= 109–112|chapter= Isaac Foot|year= 1998}}</ref>

Michael Foot's siblings included: [[Dingle Foot|Sir Dingle Foot]] MP (1905–78), a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and subsequently Labour MP; [[Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon]] (1907–90), [[Governor of Cyprus]] (1957–60) and representative of the United Kingdom at the United Nations from 1964 to 1970; Liberal politician [[John Foot, Baron Foot|John Foot, later Baron Foot]] (1909–99); Margaret Elizabeth Foot (1911–65); Jennifer Mackintosh Highet (1916–2002);<ref>https://ials.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/institute_advanced_legal_studies/FOOT%20series%20list%202023.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref> and Christopher Isaac Foot (1917–84).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s14-FOOT-MAC-1913#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=5&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F1496711%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=-152%2C70%2C3188%2C2752|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=The National Library of Wales|date=2024-02-07|access-date=2024-08-07|title=FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913–2010), politician, journalist, author|quote=Michael's siblings were also well-known, namely Sir Dingle Foot (1905–1978), Hugh Foot (Baron Carodon, 1907–1990), John Foot (Baron Foot, 1909–1999), Margaret Elizabeth Foot (1911–1965), Jennifer Mackintosh Highet (1916–2002), and Christopher Isaac Foot (1917–1984).|author-first1=D. Ben|author-last1=Rees}}</ref> Michael Foot was the uncle of campaigning journalist [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]] (1937–2004) and of charity worker [[Oliver Foot]] (1946–2008).<ref>
{{Cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1578076/Oliver-Foot.html|title= Oliver Foot|journal= Daily Telegraph|date= 9 February 2008|access-date= 1 February 2019|issn= 0307-1235|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042617/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1578076/Oliver-Foot.html|archive-date= 2 February 2019|url-status= live}}
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