Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5429
Biography
Lords career
First entered House of Lords 1976;
Government Whip 1982-83;
Government Spokesperson for:
the Treasury 1982-85,
Home Office, Employment and Industry 1982-83,
Defence 1983-89;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State:
Department of Health and Social Security 1983-85,
Home Office 1985-86;
Minister of State:
Scottish Office 1986-87,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1987-89;
Elected hereditary peer 1999-
Councils, public bodies
DL, Aberdeenshire 1988;
Chair, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, NHS Trust 1991-98;
President, National Council for Civil Protection 1991-2003;
Member, National Employers Liaison Committee for HM Reserve Forces 1996-2002;
Governor, Nuffield Hospitals (now Nuffield Health) 2000-09;
Commissioner, Royal Hospital, Chelsea 2001-07;
Chair, National Employer Advisory Board for Britain's Reserve Forces 2002-09;
King Edward VII's Hospital, Sister Agnes:
Governor 2010-,
Chairman of council 2012-;
Governor, Sutton's Hospital, Charterhouse 2011-
Political interests
Aviation, foreign affairs, defence, penal policy, health, Scotland
Countries of interest
South Pacific
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Non-executive Director, Audax Global Sârl
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Governor and Trustee, King Edward VII Hospital (Sister Agnes)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, British Helicopter Association
Governor, Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse
Trustee, Hanson Research Trust
Trustee, Philip Allison Foundation
Member, Nuffield Health