Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, PC, (born June 27, 1940) is a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... The Scottish Unionist Party is a name of two organisations, one now subsumed into the UK Conservative Party, and the other being a recent creation in response to the Conservative Partys support of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. ...

Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, he was MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1997 (renamed Galloway and Upper Nithsdale in 1983), and was a minister for a number of years. He served as a Government whip from 1981 to 1986, Under-Secretary of State for Employment (1986), Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1986-1987) and Minister of State for Scotland (1987-1990). He joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1990 to 1995, and then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade until 1997. He was closely involved in John Major's re-election campaign as leader of the Conservative Party in July 1995. Full name Sidney Sussex College Motto Dieu me garde de calomnie God preserve me from calumny Named after Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex Previous names - Established 1596 Sister College(s) St Johns College Master Prof. ... Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, run by the students of Cambridge University. ... Galloway was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983, when its name was changed to Galloway and Upper Nithsdsale. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). ... The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is an English politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. ...

He lost his seat in the 1997 general election, one of seven Cabinet members to do so (the others being Malcolm Rifkind, Michael Portillo, Michael Forsyth, Roger Freeman, William Waldegrave and Tony Newton). He was made a life peer as Baron Lang of Monkton, of Merrick and the Rhinns of Kells in Dumfries and Galloway in September 1997. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Right Honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, KCMG, QC (born 21 June 1946) is a UK Conservative politician and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kensington and Chelsea. ... The Right Honourable Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician. ... Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, PC, is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC (born May 27, 1942), a British Conservative politician, was Member of Parliament for Kettering from 1983 to 1997. ... William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, PC (born August 15, 1946), educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and now a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford is a British Conservative politician who served in the Cabinet from 1990 until 1997. ... Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC (born August 29, 1937), is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... The Buccleuch St Bridge Devorgilla Bridge (at Low water) Overlooking Dumfries The Old Bridge House Dumfries (pronounced dum-freece, not dum-fries) (Dùn Phris in Scottish Gaelic) is a Royal Burgh and town of about 35,000 people on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway in the south... Galloway (Scottish Gaelic, Gall-ghaidhealaibh or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa) today refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in southwest Scotland, but has fluctuated greatly in size over history. ...

References

Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn 2006)