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[[Douglas Hurd]], Lord Hurd of Westwell, is a Conservative politician.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/douglas-hurd/26747 Lord Hurd of Westwell], www.parliament.uk, accessed 3 March 2011.</ref> | [[Douglas Hurd]], Lord Hurd of Westwell, is a Conservative politician.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/douglas-hurd/26747 Lord Hurd of Westwell], www.parliament.uk, accessed 3 March 2011.</ref> | ||
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| + | He retired from the [[House of Lords]] on 9 June 2016. <ref>Dods people [http://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/news/latest-civil-service-public-affairs-moves-%E2%80%93-june-13, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', 13 June 2016], ''Civil Service World'', accessed 15 June 2016</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:05, 15 June 2016
Douglas Hurd, Lord Hurd of Westwell, is a Conservative politician.[1]
He retired from the House of Lords on 9 June 2016. [2]
Contents
Background
Hurd is the son of Sir Anthony Hurd, Conservative MP Newbury 1945-64 and the grandson of Sir Percy Hurd, Conservative MP for Frome 1918-23 and Devizes 1924-45.[3]
Northern Ireland
Hurd served as Northern Ireland Secretary from 11 September 1984 to 3 September 1985.[4] His period in office coincided with a decisive stage in negotiations leading up to the Anglo-Irish Agreement.[5]
Foreign Secretary
Special Advisers
As Foreign Secretary in 1994:
- Mr Hurd has two special advisers, Michael Maclay, 42, - an ex-diplomat - at the UN during the Falklands War for example - journalist, and just happens to have written - in 1992 - a Chatham House pamphlet with the title Multi Speed Europe? the Community Beyond Maastricht, and Maurice Fraser, a 34 year old former Conservative Central Office a key author of the European manifesto - along with Anthony Teasdale, the Tory MEPs' representative in London.[6]
Affiliations
- British Invisibles - former chairman
Connections
Notes
- ↑ Lord Hurd of Westwell, www.parliament.uk, accessed 3 March 2011.
- ↑ Dods people 'Arrivals, moves and departures', 13 June 2016, Civil Service World, accessed 15 June 2016
- ↑ Sarah Priddy, PIL: Current Members Related to Other Current or Former Members - Commons Library Standard Note, 13 September 2013.
- ↑ David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.
- ↑ W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.153.
- ↑ The Independent (London)September 9, 1994, Friday Foreign affairs advisers remain decisive players; Donald Macintyre examines the role of a key group of civil servants BYLINE: DONALD MACINTYRE SECTION: HOME NEWS PAGE; Page 7
- ↑ Sarah Priddy, PIL: Current Members Related to Other Current or Former Members - Commons Library Standard Note, 13 September 2013.
