Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH ( born March 3 1934) is a British politician.

Biography

Brooke, son of Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, who was among other things 1962 to 1964 Minister of the Interior, and Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte studied, after visiting the Marlborough College at Balliol College, University of Oxford and graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) from. He then took a post-graduate studies in business administration at Harvard Business School and finished it with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 1959.

His political career began in 1977 with the election as a member of the lower house, where he represented the interests of the Conservative Party in the constituency " City of London and Westminster South " until 1997. In 1997 he was elected a member of the lower house in the constituency of "Cities of London and Westminster " and remained until 2001 Member of Parliament.

1981 Brooke became a member of the Treasury (Lord Commissioner of the Treasury ). In 1983 he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Education and the Arts ( Department of Education and Skills ) and was then followed from 1985 to 1987 Minister of State at the Treasury (Treasury).

In 1987, he Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as Paymaster General ( Paymaster General ) for the first time in her cabinet. During this time he was until 1989 Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Conservative Party. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was in 1989 Northern Ireland Minister ( Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) and held that office until 1992 under John Major, Thatcher's successor as Prime Minister. This called him last from 1992 to 1994 as Minister of National Heritage ( Secretary of State for National Heritage ) in his cabinet.

After retiring from the House, he was raised on 30 July 2001 as a life peer with the title " Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville " in the peerage, and has since also been a member of the Upper House (House of Lords).

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