Peter Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton

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Peter Gordon Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton KCB (born September 16, 1922 , † January 13, 2000 ) was a British civil servant and politician . He was Clerk of the Parliaments from 1974 to 1983 .

life and career

Henderson was born in September 1922 to James Henderson. He attended the Dragon School and the Stowe School in Buckinghamshire . He later studied at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford .

From 1942 to 1944 was in military service with the Scots Guards . In 1944 he was rescued from a minefield with severe internal injuries. He campaigned against discrimination against homosexuals in the armed forces. After the end of the war, under CS Lewis , he finished his degree in English linguistics and literature, despite operations and pain. After a brief stint at Lloyd's , he became a clerk in the House of Lords (Clerk of the House of Lords) in 1954 . He held this office until 1960. From 1960 to 1963 he was seconded to the British Treasury and Commerce Department. There he was "Secretary to the Leader and Chief Whip of the House of Lords" in the service. In this function he was u. a. Private secretary to Alec Douglas-Home , then Leader of the Lords. From 1964 to 1974 he worked in the House of Lords as "Reading Clerk and Clerk of Public Bills". In 1974 he became "Clerk of the Parliaments".

Henderson was named Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1975 .

Membership in the House of Lords

Henderson was named a Life Peer as Baron Henderson of Brompton , of Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and of Brough in the County of Cumbria on February 1, 1984 . He had retired shortly before.

There he sat as a crossbencher . He gave his inaugural address on February 6, 1984 in the debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Bill . He was considered a rebellious peer and stood up for the interests of the disabled and homosexuals. Henderson was involved in Margaret Thatcher's government 92-86 defeat on the Education (Student Loans) Bill in March 1990 .

He advocated the permissibility of abortions , embryonic stem cell research and in vitro fertilization .

Family and death

Henderson was married to the artist Susan Mary Henderson since 1950 . They had two sons and two daughters. They lived in Westmorland . He died in January 2000 at the age of 77.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lord Henderson obituary in: The Guardian, February 3, 2000
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 46593, HMSO, London, 14 June 1975, p. 7371 ( PDF , English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 49637, HMSO, London, 3 February 1984, p. 1579 ( PDF , English).
personal data
SURNAME Henderson, Peter, Baron Henderson of Brompton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henderson, Peter Gordon, Baron Henderson of Brompton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British civil servant, politician and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1922
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2000