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Encyclopedia > Geoffrey Rippon

(Aubrey) Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, (May 28, 1924- 28 Jan 1997) was a British Conservative politician. May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The new logo of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is the largest right wing political party in the United Kingdom. ...


Educated at King's School, Taunton, and Brasenose College, Oxford where he was president of the Conservative Association, he was called to the Bar in 1948. After unsuccessfully contesting the seat of Shoreditch and Finsbury in both 1950 and 1951, he became MP for Norwich South in 1955. In 1964 he switched to the constituency of Hexham in Northumberland and remained MP there until retiring in 1987. Brasenose College (in full: The Kings Hall and College of Brasenose) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Shoreditch is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... Finsbury is a place in the south of the London Borough of Islington. ... Norwich South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... See also Hexham, New South Wales. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 1970 he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward Heath and was given the responsibility of negotiating Britain's entry into the European Union. In 1972 he moved to become Secretary of State for the Environment. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... The Right Honourable Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position. ...


He was created a life peer in 1987, as Baron Rippon of Hexham, of Hesleyside in Northumberland. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...



Preceded by:
Anthony Barber		 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1970–1972		 Succeeded by:
John Davies
Preceded by:
Peter Walker		 Secretary of State for the Environment
1972–1974		 Succeeded by:
Anthony Crosland


Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber, PC (born 4 July 1920), is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. ... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the British government. ... Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, PC (born 1932), was Conservative MP for Worcester between March 1961 and April 1992, and the founder of the Tory Reform Group. ... The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position. ... Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (1918-1977) was a British politician and Labour member of Parliament. ...


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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Geoffrey Rippon (328 words)
Rippon was at one time a prominent member of the Conservative Monday Club, for whom he authored a booklet entitled Right Angle, and was guest-of-honour at their Annual Dinner in 1970.
The Club was, however, divided on the EEC (European Community) issue, and at their conference in October 1971 members moved and carried a resolution opposing Britain's entry.
He was created a life peer in 1987, as Baron Rippon of Hexham, of Hesleyside in the County of Northumberland.
Edward Heath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2303 words)
Geoffrey Rippon succeeds Barber as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
November 1972 — Geoffrey Rippon succeeds Peter Walker as Secretary for the Environment.
John Davies succeeds Rippon as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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