The Lord Lingfield | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Assumed office 17 December 2010 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert George Alexander Balchin 31 July 1942 |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | The Lady Lingfield,Lady Balchin |
Robert George Alexander Balchin,Baron Lingfield, DL KStJ (born 31 July 1942) is a British educationalist,noted as an advocate and pioneer for school autonomy. [1] He also served as Director-General of St. John Ambulance from 1984 to 1990.
Lord Lingfield was chairman of the Grant-Maintained Schools Centre (formerly Foundation) from 1989 until 1999. He has been Chairman of the Centre for Education Management (now CEFM) since 1995.
He has written numerous articles on education and politics. His schools initiative was proclaimed by The Daily Telegraph's deputy editor,Benedict Brogan,as:"[being the] first and,as time passes,perhaps the most important legislative milestone achieved by the Coalition". [2]
Knighted in 1993, [3] becoming styled as Sir Robert Balchin,he was raised to the peerage as a Life Peer on 17 December 2010 as Baron Lingfield,of Lingfield in the County of Surrey . [4] [5] He sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords,and he speaks in parliament mainly on education matters. [6]
He was Knight Principal of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor from 2006 to 2012, [9] and he has served as Honorary Colonel of Humberside and South Yorkshire ACF since 1 May 2004. [10]
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