Peter Brooke
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Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC (born March 3, 1934), is a British politician, a former Conservative Cabinet member, and former Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster.
He is the son of Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, a former Home Secretary and Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte. He was educated at Marlborough College, a famous boys' independent school in the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, and at Balliol College, Oxford (when he was President of the Oxford Union), and Harvard Business School. After leaving university he worked as a headhunter and was Chairman of Spencer Stuart.
He was elected as Conservative MP for the City of London and Westminster in 1977. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1988. He was made Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1987, and was made Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in 1989. He remained in this position until the reshuffle after the 1992 UK general election. He caused controversy when he appeared on The Late Late Show the day after an IRA bombing and sang the song Oh My Darling, Clementine.
After the 1992 general election he stood down and became a backbench MP, but later that year became Secretary of State for National Heritage until 1994.
He stepped down as an MP at the 2001 general election and was made a life peer as Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, of Sutton Mandeville in the County of Wiltshire in October 2001. He is Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers. He was appointed Companion of Honour, as his father had been, in 1992.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Christopher Tugendhat |
Member of Parliament for the City of London and Westminster South 1977–1997 |
Succeeded by (constituency renamed) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Mark Field |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Norman Tebbit |
Chairman of the Conservative Party 1987–1989 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Baker |
| Preceded by Kenneth Clarke |
Paymaster-General 1987–1989 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Caithness |
| Preceded by Tom King |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1989–1992 |
Succeeded by Sir Patrick Mayhew |
| Preceded by David Mellor |
Secretary of State for National Heritage 1992–1994 |
Succeeded by Stephen Dorrell |
Categories: 1934 births | Living people | British Secretaries of State | Conservative MPs (UK) | Life peers | Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament from English constituencies | Presidents of the Oxford Union | Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland | UK MPs 1974-1979 | UK MPs 1979-1983 | UK MPs 1983-1987 | UK MPs 1987-1992 | UK MPs 1992-1997 | UK MPs 1997-2001
