Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones

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Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones (2011)

William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones , PC (born February 28, 1941 in Gorseinon , Wales - † March 23, 2020 ) was a British politician . As a member of the Conservative Party , he was an MP for the Watford constituency from 1979 to 1997 and was promoted to Life Peer in 1997 .

Family and title

Garel-Jones was born to Bernard Garel-Jones and his wife Meriel Williams. He had been married to Catalina Garrigues from Madrid since 1966 and had a daughter and four sons. On August 2, 1997, he was raised to the nobility as Baron Garel-Jones of Watford , of Watford in the County of Hertfordshire.

Education and political career

Garel-Jones received his training at the King's School in Canterbury and the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas in Madrid. Between 1970 and 1974 he worked as a banker before turning to political work. Between 1974 and 1979 he was employed by the Conservative Party, from 1978 to 1979 as assistant to the party chairwoman Margaret Thatcher . In the 1979 general election , Garel-Jones prevailed in the Waterford constituency . After entering Parliament, he was Whip and Junior Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Departments . He was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1986–1988), Comptroller of the Household (1989–1990), Treasurer of the Household (1989–1990), Minister for Europe (1990–1993).

Garel-Jones was a supporter of the British Humanist Association and vice chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.

literature

  • Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: Clan Chiefs, Scottish Feudal Barons . 107th edition. Volume II. Boydell & Brewer Inc., Singapore 1993, ISBN 0-9711966-2-1 , pp. 1525 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tristan Garel-Jones, Tory 'wet' and able deputy chief whip under Margaret Thatcher - obituary , telegraph.co.uk, March 24, 2020, accessed on March 25, 2020 (freely accessible at the beginning)
  2. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette . No. 24288, HMSO, Edinburgh, October 28, 1997, p. 2729 ( PDF , accessed June 7, 2015, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 54851, HMSO, London, August 1, 1997, p. 8910 ( PDF , accessed June 7, 2015, English).
personal data
SURNAME Garel-Jones, Tristan, Baron Garel-Jones
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Garel-Jones, William Armand Thomas Tristan, Baron Garel-Jones (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorseinon , Wales
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 2020