Quintin McGarel Hogg,Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone,,known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963,at which point he disclaimed his hereditary peerage,was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.
The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain,the party established a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule. The two parties formed the ten-year-long coalition Unionist Government 1895–1905 but kept separate political funds and their own party organisations until a complete merger between the Liberal Unionist and the Conservative parties was agreed to in May 1912.
Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr,13th Marquess of Lothian,Baron Kerr of Monteviot,,commonly known as Michael Ancram,is a Scottish politician and peer who served as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2005. He was formerly styled Earl of Ancram until he inherited the marquessate in 2004.
Patrick Thomas Cormack,Baron Cormack,was a British politician,historian,journalist and author. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 40 years,from 1970 to 2010. Cormack was a member of the Conservative Party and was seen as a one-nation conservative.
John Cradock Maples,Baron Maples was a British politician and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010.
John David Beckett Taylor,Baron Taylor of Warwick is a member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. His full title is "The Lord Taylor of Warwick". In 1996,at the age of 44,he became one of the youngest people in the upper house.
The Carlton Club is a private members' club in the St James's area of London,England. It was the original home of the Conservative Party before the creation of Conservative Central Office. Membership of the club is by nomination and election only.
The Primrose League was an organisation for spreading Conservative principles in Great Britain. It was founded in 1883.
Syed Salah Kamall,Baron Kamall is a British politician and academic,who from September to October 2022 served in HM Government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care (2021–22).
Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones,Baron Chalfont,was a British Army officer,a British politician and a historian.
Robert Alistair McAlpine,Baron McAlpine of West Green was a British businessman,politician and author who was an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Daniel William Finkelstein,Baron Finkelstein,is a British journalist and politician. He is a former executive editor of The Times and remains a weekly political columnist. He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange who was succeeded by David Frum in 2014. He is chair of the think tank Onward. He was made a member of the House of Lords in August 2013,sitting as a Conservative.
The 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in two supplements to The London Gazette of 1 August 1997 and marked the May 1997 resignation of the Prime Minister,John Major.
Peter Selwyn Gummer,Baron Chadlington FCIPR FIoD FCinstM FRSA is an English businessman and former head of Huntsworth,one of the largest lobbying firms in the United Kingdom.
Stephen Gilbert,Baron Gilbert of Panteg is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.
Stephen Parkinson,Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay is a British Conservative member of the House of Lords who serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts and Heritage since October 2022.
On 25 June 1990,the Provisional IRA detonated a bomb at the Carlton Club,a club in London popular among MPs and supporters of the ruling Conservative Party. The bombing injured 20 people,one of whom,Lord Kaberry of Adel,died a year later. The ground floor collapsed to the basement and windows were shattered. The blast was felt up to half a mile away.
Prof. Dr Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe,PhD,MD,Baron Sharpe of Epsom,is a British broker and politician based in Surrey,serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office since September 2022. He was the President of the National Conservative Convention from 2017 to 2018 and was its Chairman until July 2021. He was also Vice Chair of the Policy Forum. He has worked to promote voluntary involvement in senior levels of the Conservative Party's organisation.
