Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell
Roger Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell PC (born February 25, 1934 in London - † March 17, 2018 ) was a British Conservative Party politician who was Minister for Wales in the cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher between 1979 and 1987 .
Life
After attending Westminster School and studying at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge , Edwards worked as a manager at the insurer William Brandt’s and then became director of Grindlays Bank .
Edwards, he was elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party in the general election of June 18, 1970 to the House of Commons for the first time and represented there first the constituency of Pembrokeshire and then after the general election of February 28, 1974 to June 11, 1979 the constituency of Pembroke . During this time he was spokesman for the opposition group for Wales and thus in the shadow cabinet of his party responsible "shadow minister for Wales".
After the election victory of the Conservative Tories after the 1979 general election, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was appointed Minister for Wales ( Secretary of State for Wales ) in their cabinet on May 5, 1979 and held this office until he left the House of Commons on June 13, 1987 With more than eight years in office, Edwards was the Wales minister with the longest term since that ministerial office was established in 1951.
After leaving the House of Commons and the government, he was raised to the nobility as a Life Peer with the title Baron Crickhowell, of Pont Esgob in the Black Mountains and County of Powys , and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since .
At the same time, in 1988 he was initially chairman of the advisory board of the newly established National Rivers Authority and was then head of this authority between 1989 and 1996. He was President for a while and is now an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University and was also awarded a Doctor of Honoris Causa by the University of Glamorgan .
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the British Parliament (accessed December 26, 2011)
- Nicholas Edwards at Hansard (English)
- Entry in They Work For You
- Obituary on bbc.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Welsh Secretary Nicholas Edwards dies aged 84. In: itv.com. March 19, 2018, accessed March 19, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Edwards, Nicholas, Baron Crickhowell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edwards, Roger Nicholas, Baron Crickhowell, of Pont Esgob in the Black Mountains and County of Powys (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th March 2018 |