David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Shutt of Greetland
Office:Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
Primeminister:David Cameron
Term Start:14 May 2010
Term End:1 May 2012
Predecessor:The Lord Davies of Oldham
Successor:The Lord Newby
Office1:Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
Leader1:Nick Clegg
Sir Menzies Campbell
Charles Kennedy
Term Start1:5 May 2005
Term End1:3 May 2012
Predecessor1:The Lord Roper
Successor1:The Lord Newby
Office3:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start3:16 May 2000
Term End3:30 October 2020
Life peerage
Birth Name:David Trevor Shutt
Birth Date:16 March 1942
Birth Place:Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Children:3

David Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, (16 March 1942 – 30 October 2020) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords between May 2010 and May 2012.

Early life

Shutt was born at Farsley, Leeds and attended Pudsey Grammar School in Yorkshire.[1]

Career

After school Shutt trained as an accountant. In 1975 he became a director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, of which he later became Chairman. He also became a Trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. In 1973 he was elected to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, now Calderdale Council, as a Liberal councillor, and later represented the Liberal Democrats on this council, serving as Mayor of Calderdale in 1982–83.

He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at seven general elections between 1970 and 1992. He contested Sowerby in 1970, February 1974, October 1974, and 1979. After the abolition of the Sowerby seat, he contested the new Calder Valley constituency in 1983 and 1987. At the 1992 general election he was the Liberal Democrat candidate in Pudsey.[2]

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours, and on 12 May 2000 was created a life peer as Baron Shutt of Greetland, of Greetland and Stainland in the County of West Yorkshire. He was Liberal Democrat International Development spokesperson in the House of Lords until 2002. Following the 2005 general election, he was appointed the Liberal Democrat Chief Whip in the House of Lords. After the formation of the coalition government headed by David Cameron in May 2010, Shutt was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords, positions he held until May 2012, when he stepped down as the Liberal Democrats' Lords Chief Whip.

Personal life

In 1965, he married Margaret Pemberton, with whom he had two sons and a daughter.

Lord Shutt died on 30 October 2020, at the age of 78.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lord Shutt of Greetland obituary . Meadowcroft . Michael . 2020-11-15 . . 2021-01-26.
  2. Web site: Lord Shutt of Greetland . Liberal Democrats website. 5 November 2009.
  3. Web site: Valladares. Mark. Lord David Shutt (1942–2020). Liberal Democrat Voice. 31 October 2020. 31 October 2020. 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101010502/https://www.libdemvoice.org/lord-david-shutt-19422020-66213.html. dead.