Michael Lord Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Framlingham
Office:Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:Betty Boothroyd
Michael Martin
John Bercow
Term Start:14 May 1997
Term End:8 June 2010
Predecessor:Dame Janet Fookes
Successor:Dawn Primarolo
Office1:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start1:18 January 2011
Life Peerage
Office2:Member of Parliament
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Suffolk Central (1983–1997)
Term Start2:9 June 1983
Term End2:12 April 2010
Predecessor2:new constituency
Successor2:Dan Poulter
Birth Name:Michael Nicholson Lord
Birth Date:1938 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Manchester, England
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative
Children:2 (including Tim)
Alma Mater:Christ's College, Cambridge

Michael Nicholson Lord, Baron Framlingham (born 17 October 1938) is a British politician, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich between 1997 and 2010. He was first elected for the predecessor seat of Central Suffolk in 1983.

He was the Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons, from 1997 to 2010.

Early life

He attended Christ's College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in agriculture in 1962 and a blue for rugby union as a centre. He also played club rugby for Bedford.[1] He is a former president of the Arboricultural Association.[2]

Parliamentary career

He contested Manchester Gorton in 1979 and was first elected as an MP for Central Suffolk in 1983.

He was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1997, and therefore did not take political stances or vote in the Chamber. Before his position, he was a eurosceptic who was one of the Maastricht Rebels. He was knighted in the 2001 Birthday Honours.[3]

He stood down as an MP at the 2010 general election. On 19 November 2010, it was announced that he would be created a life peer and sit as a Conservative in the House of Lords.[4] Created on 14 January 2011 and introduced into the House of Lords on 18 January 2011, he took the title Baron Framlingham, of Eye in the County of Suffolk. Though life peers usually use their surname in their title, Framlingham was advised he could not become "Lord Lord";[5] though this nickname has since been used occasionally in jest.

Personal life

He married Jennifer Margaret Childs in 1965 and they have a son, Tim Lord, and a daughter.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Neil Roy, '100 Years of the Blues. The Bedford shire Times Centenary History of Bedford RUFC', (Bedford, 1986), pp. 240–43
  2. Web site: Arboricultural Association - Home.
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Web site: Latest peerages announced - Press releases. www.number10.gov.uk. 2016-09-20.
  5. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/suffolk_ex_mp_lord_lord_has_a_decision_to_make_1_733667 Ipswich Tea — Suffolk: Ex-MP ‘Lord Lord’ has a decision to make