John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead
John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead (born September 30, 1932 in Ipswich , Suffolk ; † December 3, 2005 ibid) was a British Conservative Party politician who was a member of the House of Lords from 1958 until his death and, among other things, Lord Seal Keeper as well as was Paymaster General .
Life
Professional career, Member of the House of Lords and Junior Minister
Ganzoni studied after visiting the Eton College at Christ Church College of Oxford University and was then as a teacher and principal of a Preparatory School worked before he farmer was in Suffolk.
After the death of his father John Ganzoni, 1st Baron Belstead , a long-time member of the House of Commons , John Ganzoni succeeded it on August 15, 1958 as 2nd Baron Belstead and thus a member of the House of Lords. In 1962, he was beyond magistrate ( Justice of Peace ) of the County of Suffolk.
During his long membership in the House of Lords he devoted himself in particular to questions of education policy and took over his first government office as "Junior Minister" in 1970 when he became Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Education, headed by Margaret Thatcher . From 1973 to 1974 he was Parliamentary Undersecretary of State in the Ministry for Northern Ireland .
After the subsequent defeat of the Conservative Tories in the general election of February 28, 1974 , which led to the end of Prime Minister Edward Heath's reign , he became chairman of the Association of Public Schools Governing Bodies and held this office until 1979, between 1977 and 1979 was also chairman of the United Committee of Independent Schools .
After the Conservative Party's victory in the general election on May 6, 1979 , Prime Minister Thatcher reassigned him to a number of "junior ministerial posts" and was successively Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office , the Home Office , and after the resignation of Lord Carrington and his executives in April 1982 Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Affairs of the Commonwealth of Nations, because of the Falklands War .
House of Lords and House of Lords Act 1999
He was then Minister of State in the Department of Fisheries and Food and in the Department of Education before he was Deputy Viscount Whitelaw as Leader of the House of Lords. After Whitelaw suffered a stroke at the end of 1987 , Lord Belstead succeeded him on January 10, 1988 as Leader of the House of Lords and thus practically chairman of the conservative government faction in the House of Lords. He exercised this function until November 28, 1990 and was also the successor of John Wakeham as Lord Privy Seal during this time .
He was subsequently appointed Paymaster General ( Paymaster General ) in 1990 as the successor to Richard Ryder and held this office until April 11, 1992, where he was also Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Ministry. He was succeeded in his previous offices as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Seal Keeper was Lord Waddington .
After his resignation from his government offices, Lord Belstead was between 1992 and 1997 Chairman of the Parole Board and at the same time from 1994 to 2002 Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk County.
After the right of the hereditary peers to a seat in the House of Lords was lost by the House of Lords Act 1999 , he was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Ganzoni , of Ipswich in the County of Suffolk, and thereby retained his seat in the House of Lords .
He died unmarried and childless in 2005, which also meant that his hereditary titles were no longer valid.
Ganzoni was a member of the Freemasonry Association and held various offices in the United Grand Lodge of England .
Individual evidence
Web links
- John Ganzoni at Hansard (English)
- Entry in They Work For You
- Obituary and appreciation on December 5, 2005 in the House of Lords in They Work For You
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Ganzoni |
Baron Belstead 1958-2005 |
Title expired |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ganzoni, John, 2nd Baron Belstead |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ganzoni, John Julian, 2nd Baron Belstead (full name); Ganzoni, John Julian, Baron Ganzoni (alternative name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ipswich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 2005 |
| Place of death | Ipswich |