Richard Best, Baron Best
Richard Stuart Best, Baron Best OBE (born June 22, 1945 ) is a British peer .
Career
Best attended Shrewsbury School and then the University of Nottingham . From 1970 to 1973 he was director of the British Churches Housing Trust, then until 1988 of the Federation of Housing Associations . From 1988 to December 2006, he directed the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust .
1988 Best was awarded with the Order of the British Empire awarded and on 4 June 2001 he was appointed Life peer as Baron Best , of Godmanstone in the County of Dorset, was appointed. Since then he has been a crossbencher in the House of Lords . On July 13, 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of York .
family
He is married for the second time and has four children.
Web links
- Mr Richard Best at Hansard (English)
- Lord Best at parliament.uk
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| SURNAME | Best, Richard, Baron Best |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Best, Richard Stuart, Baron Best (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British peer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1945 |