Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's aides said he regarded Lord Stoneham's conduct as "completely unacceptable".

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Lord Stoneham was operations director at Liberal Democrat HQ from 2003 to 2010.

BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call

They grew up in Stoneham, a middle-class suburb 10 miles northwest of Boston.

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The BBC understands the Lib Dem chief whip in the Lords, Lord Newby, spoke to Lord Stoneham to warn him over his conduct.

BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call

It has since been reported that his colleague Lord Stoneham called one of the women who had complained to newspapers about Lord Rennard.

BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Peer reprimanded over telephone call

On marathon day, they joined a group of close friends who had met at Stoneham High School, gathering near the finish line to cheer another friend, a firefighter from Somerville, Mass.

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On Wednesday the party reprimanded Lib Dem peer Lord Stoneham following reports he telephoned and angrily remonstrated with one of the women who had complained to newspapers about Lord Rennard's conduct.

BBC: Lord Rennard claims: Alleged victim speaks to police

One final tidbit: The fact that Thomson even had the uniform to sell at all was due to the fact that Horace Stoneham, who owned the Giants from 1936 to 1976, was a cheapskate.

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