The Lord Smith of Hindhead | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 29 September 2015 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Roland Smith 16 February 1966 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
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Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours. [1]
He was created a life peer on 29 September 2015, gazetted as Baron Smith of Hindhead, of Hindhead in the County of Surrey . [2]
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