The Rt Hon the Lord Henley

The Rt Hon the Lord Henley's Biography

Forename(s)
Oliver Michael Robert Eden
Sex
Male
Date of Birth
22/11/1953
Foretitle(s)
8 Baron (I 1799);
Surname
HENLEY
Other titles
also (and sits as) Baron Northington (UK 1885)
Style
The Rt Hon the Lord Henley

The Rt Hon the Lord Henley's Professional Career

Career
sits as Cons in House of Lords; called to the Bar Middle Temple 1977; memb Cumbria CC 1986-89, chm Penrith and The Border Cons Assoc 1987-89 (pres 1989-94); Lord in Waiting 1989; Parly under sec of state: Dept of Social Security 1989-93, Dept of Employment 1993-94, MOD 1994-95; min of state Dept for Education and Employment 1995-97, oppn spokesman on home affrs House of Lords 1997-98, oppn chief whip House of Lords 1998-2001, Parly under-sec of state Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affrs 2010-

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