Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry
Ronald Timothy " Tim " Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, of Offham in the County of East Sussex PC DL ( born May 28, 1932) is a British business leaders and politicians of the Conservative Party, which for 23 years Member of the House of Commons was and since 1997 is a life peer member of the House of Lords.
Life
House of Commons Member of Parliament and Minister
After attending Eton College Renton graduated in History at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he graduated with honors. He then worked as a business manager and, among other things 1967-1984 Director of Silver Mines Ltd. and at the same time 1968-1975 Director of the ANZ Banking Group, as well as temporary CEO of Tennant trading.
His political career began when he in the general election on 18 June 1970 at Sheffield Park constituency, albeit unsuccessfully, candied as a candidate of the Conservative Party for the House of Commons. During the elections on February 28, 1974 Renton was elected as an MP in the House of Commons and represented there more than 23 years until the elections on 1 May 1997 the constituency of Mid Sussex.
In 1979 Renton, who was temporarily Chairman of the Employment Committee of the Conservative Party, his first government post and was until 1981 Parliamentary private secretary of John Biffen, the former Chief Secretary of the Treasury (Chief Secretary to the Treasury). After he was from 1978 to 1980 been Vice President, he served between 1980 and 1984 as president of the conservative trade union federation and was also from 1983 to 1984 Parliamentary Private Secretary Geoffrey Howe, who was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer and then foreign minister at the time.
Subsequently, he was under Howe 1984 First Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and then 1984-1987 Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. During this time he was also from 1982 to 1984 Member of the Advisory Board of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and from 1982 to 1997 Member of the Board of Roedean School and 1983-1984 Chairman of the Organization of the Conservative Party of Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth of Nations.
In 1987, he joined the Ministry of the Interior (Home Office ), in which he was Minister of State until 1989, before he was from 1989 to 1990 as Parliamentary Government Chief Whip first managing director of the Group of the ruling Conservative Party.
In 1990 he was Minister of State for the Arts and held that office until 1992. At the same time he was between 1992 and 1997 Chairman of the Parliamentary Group for Hong Kong and 1992-2000 Member of the Advisory Board to support Central and Eastern Europe at the Foreign Ministry, which the countries in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe should consult with knowledge and assistance in solving problems.
Furthermore, also served Renton, who was in 1992 along with Mick Jagger founding president of the National Music Day, between 1992 and 1998 as Vice - Chairman of the British Council and from 1992 to 1997 parliamentary consultant to the Company Robert Fleming & Co, where he between 1992 and 1999 also director of Fleming Continental investment Trust plc was €. In addition, Renton committed as a member of the Development Council of the Parnham Trust from 1992 to 2000 and as a member of the Criterion Theatre Trust between 1992 and 2001.
Most recently, he was during his deputies work in the House from 1995 to 1997 Member of the House Committee on the national heritage.
House of Lords member
After retiring from the House of Renton was raised by a Letters Patent dated 9 June 1997 as a life peer with the title Baron of Mount Harry, of Offham in the County of East Sussex in the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords.
At the beginning of his membership in the House of Lords, he was from 1997 to 2001 only subscriber, and between 2002 and 2006 Chairman of the Subcommittee of the House for Europe. Since 2007, Lord Renton is chairman of the House of Lords Committee on Information.
At the same time he was between 1998 and 2005 Chairman of the Board of Roedean School and from 1999 to 2003 Chairman of Fleming Continental Euro Investment Trust plc. Since 2000 he is also a member of the Council of the University of Sussex since 2007 and President of the Council of Brighton College.
Since 2004, Lord Renton 's Deputy Lieutenant of the county of East Sussex.
Publications
- The Dangerous Edge ( 1994)
- Hostage to Fortune (1997)
- Chief Whip (2004)