The Rt Hon the Lord Howard of Lympne, CH, QC

Foretitle(s): Baron (Life Peer UK 2010), of Lympne in the County of Kent; Rt Hon
Surname: HOWARD OF LYMPNE
Style: The Rt Hon the Lord Howard of Lympne, CH, QC
Recreations: watching sport, reading

Career: pres Cambridge Union 1962, called to the Bar Inner Temple 1964, chm Bow Group 1970; Parly candidate (Cons) Liverpool Edge Hill 1966 and 1970, MP (Cons) Folkestone and Hythe 1983-2010; memb: Cons Gp for Europe, Euro Movement Exec Ctee 1970-73; PPS to Slr-Gen 1984-85, Parly under sec of state for Consumer and Corporate Affrs 1985-87, min for Local Govt 1987-88, min for Water and Planning 1988-90, sec of state for Employment 1990-92, sec of state for the Environment 1992-93, home sec 1993-97; shadow foreign sec 1997-99, shadow Chllr of the Exchequer 2001-03, ldr Cons Pty and HM Oppn 2003-05 (Cons Pty leadership challenger 1997); memb Cons Pty Policy Bd 2001-03; chm: Coningsby Club 1972-73, Atlantic Partnership 2000-03, Northern Racing Ltd; dep chm Entré Gold Inc; non-exec dir Orca Exploration Inc; sr advsr Canaccord Genuity Hawkpoint Ltd; chm Help the Hospices; sr advsr Parliamentarian of the Year Spectator Awards 2003