Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde

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Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde

Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (born February 22, 1960 in Glasgow ) is a British politician and former leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster .

biography

Family and career

Thomas Galbraith came from a politically active family. His father Tam Galbraith was between 1948 and 1982 Member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Glasgow Hillhead and between 1957 and 1964 held several posts as "junior minister". His grandfather, Thomas Galbraith, was also a member of the House of Commons for many years and also held several offices as junior minister before he was raised to hereditary nobility in 1955 as Baron Strathclyde , of Sandyford in the County of Lanark and was a member of the House of Lords until his death in 1985 .

After attending school, he studied at the University of East Anglia and at the University of Provence Aix-Marseille I and then worked as an insurance broker at Lloyd's of London .

Member of the House of Lords and "Junior Minister"

After the death of his grandfather Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde, he inherited his title Baron Strathclyde in 1985 and thus became a member of the House of Lords, since his father Tam Galbraith had died in 1982. During his membership he was Parliamentary Secretary ( Whip ) and Speaker of the Government Group for Trade and Industry, Treasure and Scotland from 1988 to 1989 .

He then took over the post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tourism in the Ministry of Employment in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989 , before he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment from July to September 1990.

In the subsequent government of Prime Minister John Major, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture and Fisheries in the Scotland Ministry from 1990 to 1992 and then back to the Ministry of the Environment from 1992 to 1993. Most recently he was Parliamentary Undersecretary of State between 1993 and 1994 and then Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1994. During the last three years of John Major's office, he was from 1994 to May 1997 Chief Executive Officer of the Government Chief Whip of the House of Lords.

After the election defeat of the Conservative Party in the general election in 1997 , Galbraith became a member of the Conservative shadow cabinet and Chief Executive Officer of the opposition in the House of Lords. In addition, he was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords ( Deputy Speaker ) and Deputy Chairman of the committees. In 1995 he was awarded the title of Crown Attorney .

Opposition and majority leader in the upper house

Between 1998 and May 2010 he was leader of the opposition in the House of Lords ( Leader of the Opposition ) and from December 1998 to 2005 he was "shadow minister" for constitutional affairs.

After the Conservative Party's victory in the 2010 general election , he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in his cabinet by Prime Minister David Cameron on May 11, 2010 , and was now Leader of the House of Lords .

On January 7, 2013, he resigned from all offices to pursue a second career in business. He was succeeded in office by Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford .

Individual evidence

  1. Report on www.bbc.co.uk accessed on August 8, 2013 (English)

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Thomas Galbraith Baron Strathclyde
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