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Guardian | Lord Belstead (669 words) |
 | When his father's death in 1958 made him the 2nd Baron Belstead, he used his inheritance to buy a 650-acre farm near Woodbridge, Suffolk, where he raised cereal crops and sugarbeet, and started a small single-suckler herd. |
| When Thatcher came to power in 1979, Belstead was again named an undersecretary, this time replying on the gamut of subjects handled in the Commons by Whitelaw, then home secretary, and his three departmental ministers. |
| Belstead's next promotion, the following year, was as deputy leader of the Lords, underpinning the ennobled Whitelaw, and also minister of state for agriculture. |
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