The Right Honourable Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, PC, is a British barrister, and politician for the Conservative Party. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...

He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 1992 to 1997, the longest anyone has served in this office. He was MP for Tunbridge Wells, but stood down at the 1997 election. He was succeeded as Tunbridge Wells MP by Archie Norman. He also served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 1987 to 1992 as Sir Patrick Mayhew. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tunbridge Wells (officially Royal Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex. ... Archibald John Norman (May 1, 1954) is the Conservative member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells in England, since the 1997 general election. ... Her Majestys Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales. ...