See also Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner
| The Lord Gardiner of Kimble | |
| Office1: | Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords |
| Term Start1: | 11 May 2021 |
| 1Blankname1: | Lord Speaker |
| 1Namedata1: | The Lord McFall of Alcluith |
| Predecessor1: | The Lord McFall of Alcluith |
| Office2: | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity |
| Primeminister2: | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Term Start2: | 13 July 2016 |
| Term End2: | 10 May 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Rory Stewart |
| Successor2: | The Lord Benyon |
| Office3: | Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard |
| Primeminister3: | David Cameron |
| Term Start3: | 8 May 2015 |
| Term End3: | 13 July 2016 |
| Predecessor3: | The Lord Newby |
| Successor3: | The Earl of Courtown |
| Office4: | Lord-in-waiting Government Whip |
| Primeminister4: | David Cameron |
| Term Start4: | 4 September 2012 |
| Term End4: | 8 May 2015 |
| Predecessor4: | The Baroness Rawlings |
| Successor4: | Vacant |
| Office5: | Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
| Term Start5: | 24 June 2010 Life Peerage |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1956 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Non-affiliated |
| Otherparty: | Conservative (until 2021) |
| Spouse: | Olivia Musgrave |
John Gardiner, Baron Gardiner of Kimble (born 17 March 1956) is a British politician. He is a life peer, and has served as Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords since May 2021.
Educated at Uppingham School and Royal Holloway, University of London, he graduated with a BA in Modern History, Economic History and Politics in 1977. He served as private secretary to five successive Chairmen of the Conservative Party between 1989 and 1995, under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He has also worked as Director of Political Affairs for the Countryside Alliance, and served on the Quality of Life Commission Rural Affairs Group of the Conservative Party.
On 23 June 2010, Gardiner was raised to the peerage as Baron Gardiner of Kimble, of Kimble in the County of Buckinghamshire.
In 2012, he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting, and served in the Lords as a government whip and spokesman on the Cabinet Office, Business, Innovation and Skills, and Energy and Climate Change.
In May 2015, Gardiner was promoted to be Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.
In July 2016, he was moved by new Prime Minister Theresa May to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He served in this role until 10 May 2021.
On 11 May 2021, Gardiner was appointed as Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.[1]
He is married to the sculptor Olivia Musgrave.[2] He lives in London and Suffolk and is a partner of the family farm at Kimble in Buckinghamshire. He was Chairman of the Vale of Aylesbury with Garth and South Berks Hunt from 1992 to 2006 and President of the Buckinghamshire County Show 2007.
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