British politician (born 1933) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, CH, PC (born 13 June 1933) is a British politician. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
The Lord King of Bridgwater | |
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Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 24 July 1989 – 11 April 1992 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
Preceded by | George Younger |
Succeeded by | Malcolm Rifkind |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
In office 3 September 1985 – 24 July 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Douglas Hurd |
Succeeded by | Peter Brooke |
Secretary of State for Employment | |
In office 16 October 1983 – 2 September 1985 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Norman Tebbit |
Succeeded by | The Lord Young of Graffham |
Secretary of State for Transport | |
In office 11 June 1983 – 16 October 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | David Howell |
Succeeded by | Nicholas Ridley |
Secretary of State for the Environment | |
In office 6 January 1983 – 11 June 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Michael Heseltine |
Succeeded by | Patrick Jenkin |
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy | |
In office 19 November 1976 – 4 May 1979 | |
Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | John Biffen |
Succeeded by | David Owen |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 9 July 2001 Life Peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Bridgwater | |
In office 12 March 1970 – 7 June 2001 | |
Preceded by | Gerald Wills |
Succeeded by | Ian Liddell-Grainger |
Personal details | |
Born | Rugby, United Kingdom | 13 June 1933
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
King was in the Cabinet from 1983–92, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bridgwater in Somerset from 1970–2001. He was made a life peer in 2001.
In October 1988, there was a plot to murder King at his home in Winchester during the growing intensity of The Troubles.[1]
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