Chris Skidmore

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ISBN 9780312351427
  • Death and The Virgin: Elizabeth, Dudley and the Mysterious Fate of Amy Robsart (2010) ISBN   9780297846505
  • Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors (2013) ISBN   9780753828946 (published in the United States as The Rise of the Tudors: The Family That Changed English History, 2014)
  • Richard III: Brother, Protector, King (2017) ISBN   9780297870784
  • Notes

    1. As Minister of State for Universities
    2. As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation
    3. Claire Perry went on leave of absence from 20 May 2019 with Skidmore taking over in the interim until he was replaced by Kwasi Kwarteng when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister. [1] [2]

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    Chris Skidmore
    Official portrait of Chris Skidmore crop 2.jpg
    Official portrait, 2017
    Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
    In office
    10 September 2019 13 February 2020
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by Member of Parliament
    for Kingswood

    2010–2024
    Succeeded by
    Political offices
    Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution
    2016–2018
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
    2018–2019
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Minister of State for Health
    2019
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation
    2019–2020
    Succeeded by