Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd       (deep state operative, politician)
Born	Douglas Richard Hurd 1930-03-08 Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Eton College, Cambridge University/Trinity College
Children	• Thomas Hurd • Nick Hurd • Alexander Hurd • 1 other son • 1 daughter
Member of	Chatham House/Governors, Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK, European Leadership Network, Königswinter/Speakers
Party	Conservative
Relatives	• Anthony • Lord Hurd • Sir Percy Hurd
UK Deep state operative, Eton, Trinity College, Chatham House/President  Chatham House/President Dates unknown Succeeded by John Major  Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs In office 26 October 1989 - 5 July 1995 Preceded by John Major Succeeded by Malcolm Rifkind  Home Secretary  In office 2 September 1985 - 26 October 1989 Preceded by Leon Brittan Succeeded by David Waddington  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland  In office 27 September 1984 - 2 September 1985 Preceded by Jim Prior Succeeded by Tom King  Minister for Europe In office 4 May 1979 - 9 June 1983  Member of Parliament for Witney In office 9 June 1983 - 1 May 1997 Preceded by Shirley SummerskillKenneth Baker, Tony Benn, Winston Churchill II, Gwyneth Dunwoody, Clement Freud, Stephen Hastings, Nicholas Lyell, Fred Mulley, John Nott, Merlyn Rees, William Rodgers, David Waddington Succeeded by Damian Green, Patricia Hewitt, Alan Howarth, Bob Laxton, Helen Liddell, Jenny TongeDavid Amess, Alan Clark, Charles Clarke, Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Louise Ellman, Lorna Fitzsimons, Mike Hancock, Lindsay Hoyle, Melanie Johnson, Christopher Leslie, Julian Lewis, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Fiona Mactaggart, Gillian Merron, Chris Pond, Nicholas Soames, Dave Watts, Shaun Woodward, Phil Woolas  Member of Parliament for Mid Oxfordshire In office 28 February 1974 - 9 June 1983

“NATO is one of the principal props which have allowed Britain to punch above its weight in the world.”
Douglas Hurd (1993) 

Douglas Hurd

Family tragedy

Catherine Hurd, 46, daughter-in-law of Douglas, "climbed a ladder, went through a hatch and stepped off the roof of the four-storey house in the fashionable Upper East Side of the city" of New York on May 21 2011. The judge returned an open verdict.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1980	18 April 1980	20 April 1980	Germany Aachen	The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror
Bilderberg/1981	15 May 1981	17 May 1981	Switzerland Palace Hotel Bürgenstock	The 29th Bilderberg