Difference between revisions of "Tom King"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
(category: Northern Ireland)
(Category:State Violence and Collusion Project)
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==Northern Ireland Secretary==
+
[[Tom King]], Lord King of Bridgwater, is a Conservative politician.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/thomas-king/27005 Lord King of Bridgwater], www.parliament.uk, accessed 3 March 2011.</ref>
Shortly after his appointment in 1985, King made a last-minute attempt to derail the Anglo-Irish Agreement. <ref>Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland, by [[Jonathan Powell]], The Bodley Head, 2008, p61. </ref>
+
 
 +
==Northern Ireland Secretary (1985-89)==
 +
King served as Northern Ireland Secretary from 3 September 1985 to 24 July 1989.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.</ref>
 +
Shortly after his appointment,, according to [[Jonathan Powell]], King made a last-minute attempt to derail the Anglo-Irish Agreement. <ref>Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland, by [[Jonathan Powell]], The Bodley Head, 2008, p61. </ref>
 +
 
 +
==Affiliations==
 +
*[[The Other Club]], member
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<References/>
 
<References/>
  
[[Category:Northern Ireland|King, Tom]]
+
[[Category:Old Rugbeians|King, Tom]][[Category:Cambridge alumni|King, Tom]][[Category:Northern Ireland|King, Tom]][[Category:NIO Ministers|King, Tom]]
 +
[[Category:House of Lords|King, Tom]][[Category:State Violence and Collusion Project|King, Tom]]

Latest revision as of 18:29, 23 August 2012

Tom King, Lord King of Bridgwater, is a Conservative politician.[1]

Northern Ireland Secretary (1985-89)

King served as Northern Ireland Secretary from 3 September 1985 to 24 July 1989.[2] Shortly after his appointment,, according to Jonathan Powell, King made a last-minute attempt to derail the Anglo-Irish Agreement. [3]

Affiliations

References

  1. Lord King of Bridgwater, www.parliament.uk, accessed 3 March 2011.
  2. David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.
  3. Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland, by Jonathan Powell, The Bodley Head, 2008, p61.