Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry
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Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, PC (b. 28 May 1932), is a British politician who served as Chief Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government from 1989-1990. He rarely uses his first name and was known as Timothy Renton before he was elevated to the peerage.
He won scholarships to Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford and graduated with a first class degree in History.
He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex from 1974 to 1997, after which he was created a life peer as Baron Renton of Mount Harry, of Offham in the County of East Sussex and took his seat in the House of Lords. Mount Harry was the site of the Battle of Lewes in 1264.
He lives in Offham near Lewes in East Sussex and has a holiday home on the Hebridean island of Tiree.
In 1960 he married Alice Blanche Helen Fergusson. Their five children are Alexander James Torre, Christian Louise, Daniel Charles Antony, (Katherine) Chelsea and Penelope Sally Rosita. Alexander is a journalist for The Guardian.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Dangerous Edge, Hutchinson, 1994, ISBN 0-09-179151-0
- Hostage to Fortune, Arrow, 1998, ISBN 0-09-946831-X
- Chief Whip, Politico's, 2005, ISBN 1-84275-129-8
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by new constituency |
Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex February 1974–1997 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Soames |
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| Preceded by David Waddington |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1989–1990 |
Succeeded by Richard Ryder |
| Chief Whip 1989–1990 |
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| Preceded by David Mellor |
Minister of State for the Arts 1990–1992 |
Succeeded by David Mellor |
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