John Profumo

Viewing political scandals - from the current Tessa Jowell mess back to the so-called "sleaze" which appeared to envelop John Major's Tory government in the 1990's, one looks at the Profumo affair of the 1960's with a sense of wonderment. John Profumo, CBE was a man who fell on his sword and didn't seek a return to the political arena, preferring obscurity instead (David Blunkett & Jeffrey Archer please note).
Now Profumo is dead. And to me it feels another era died with him. For example, Jeffrey Archer - found guilty of perjury in 2001 and sentenced to a total of four years' imprisonment - still holds the title Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (Archer was released on probation, after serving half of his sentence in 2003).
John Profumo - Obituary