Patrick Mayhew

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Person.png Patrick Mayhew   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, lawyer)
BornPatrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew
1929-09-11
Died2016-06-25 (Age 86)
Kent, United Kingdom
Alma materOxford University/Balliol College, Middle Temple
Member ofKönigswinter/Speakers
PartyConservative

Employment.png Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
10 April 1992 - 2 May 1997
Preceded byPeter Brooke
Succeeded byMo Mowlam

Employment.png Attorney General for England and Wales Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
13 June 1987 - 10 April 1992
Preceded byMichael Havers
Succeeded byNicholas Lyell

Employment.png Attorney General for Northern Ireland Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
13 June 1987 - 10 April 1992
Preceded byMichael Havers
Succeeded byNicholas Lyell

Employment.png Solicitor General for England and Wales Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
13 June 1983 - 13 June 1987
Succeeded byNicholas Lyell

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells

In office
28 February 1974 - 2 May 1997
Succeeded byArchie Norman

Patrick Mayhew was Solicitor-General from 1983 to 1987; Attorney General from 1987 to 1992; and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1992 to 1997. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Mayhew of Twysden in 1997.[1]

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References

  1. Lord Mayhew of Twysden, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 June 2010.