Richard Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum

Richard Andrew Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum OBE PC (* 4. February 1949 ) is a British politician of the Conservative Party .

Life

Ryder studied after visiting the Radley College at Magdalene College of Cambridge University . As a candidate for the Conservative Party in the general election of June 9, 1983, he was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the newly created Norfolk Mid constituency until May 1, 1997 . He had previously run unsuccessfully in the Gateshead East constituency in the February and October 1974 general election.

He was initially the private parliamentary secretary of John Moore , Treasury Secretary of the Treasury for a short time in 1984 , and between 1984 and 1986 with Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe . Then he was Assistant Whip Assistant to the Parliamentary Director of the Conservative Group in the House of Commons between 1986 and 1988 .

After he was then Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, he became Economic Secretary to the Treasury in July 1989 and then Paymaster General for a short period from July to November 1990 . He was then between November 1990 and July 1995 as the successor to Timothy Renton Parliamentary Secretary and Parliamentary Chief Whip of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons.

After he resigned from the House of Commons in 1997, he was raised to the nobility as Baron Ryder of Wensum , of Wensum in the County of Norfolk, as a life peer and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since . Baron Ryder served as Vice Chairman from 2002 to 2004 and then also Executive Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors from January 28 to May 17, 2004 . He is currently one of the directors of the Ipswich Town football club , which is currently playing in the second-rate Football League Championship .

Web links

Mr Richard Ryder at Hansard (English)
Entry on Parliament's homepage
Richard Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 18, 2015.

Individual evidence

↑ London Gazette . No. 54961, HMSO, London, November 27, 1997, p. 13331 ( PDF , English).

personal data
SURNAME	Ryder, Richard, Baron Ryder of Wensum
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ryder, Richard Andrew, Baron Ryder of Wensum (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1949

[1] London Gazette . No. 54961, HMSO, London, November 27, 1997, p. 13331 ( PDF , English).