Brian Mawhinney
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Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 5 July 1995 – 11 June 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | John Major | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Jeremy Hanley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brian Stanley Mawhinney 26 July 1940 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 November 2019 Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Betty Oja (m. 1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards | Knight Bachelor (1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
n.b. ^ Leave of absence from 9 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney,
Early life
Mawhinney was born on 26 July 1940[1] in Belfast, son of Frederick Stanley Arnot Mawhinney and Coralie Anita Jean (née Wilkinson).[2][3] His family was heavily involved with an Open Brethren church.[4] He was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution,[5] and studied physics at Queen's University Belfast,[5] gaining an upper second class degree in 1963.[4]
He then began studying for a doctorate from the
Political career
Mawhinney joined the Conservative Party shortly after his return to England.
Mawhinney was a social conservative who opposed abortion and
In Government
He was
Cabinet
Having been sworn of the
In Opposition
He served as Shadow Home Secretary and spokesman for home, constitutional and legal affairs for a year under William Hague before returning to the back benches in June 1998.[1] He stepped down from the House of Commons in April 2005.[11][12]
House of Lords
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer in the 2005 Dissolution Honours,[13][14] and on 24 June he was created Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough, in the County of Cambridgeshire.[15]
Lord Mawhinney questioned the priority David Cameron had given to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, stating that it was a distraction.[16]
He took leave of absence from the House of Lords in October 2017 for health reasons.[4][17]
Outside politics
In 2003, he was appointed chairman of
Personal life and death
In 1964, Mawhinney married Betty Oja, an American citizen whom he met during his time in Michigan; the couple had three children.
Mawhinney lived in Keyston, Cambridgeshire in his later years. He died at a nursing home in nearby Polebrook, Northamptonshire, on 9 November 2019, aged 79.[4]
Arms
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See also
- List of Northern Ireland members of the House of Lords
- List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Brian Mawhinney". BBC News. 18 October 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
- ^ "Mawhinney". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Introducing Ireland: a serious visitor's guide with biographies of over 700 leaders, George Eaton, Mercier Press, 1992, p. 57
- ^ doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380903. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mawhinney, Brian". London, UK: Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 14 November 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
- ^ "…with 27 new working peers…". Telegraph Media Group. London, UK. 14 May 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
- ^ a b Kavanagh, Dennis (10 November 2019). "Lord Mawhinney obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ InfoWorld, 28 April 1980.
- ^ "No. 53527". The London Gazette. 30 December 1993. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 55229". The London Gazette. 16 August 1998. p. 8994.
- ^ "Mawhinney to leave Parliament". BBC News. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
- ^ "End of Commons road for four MPs". BBC News. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
- ^ "No. 57639". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 May 2005. p. 6346.
- ^ "Full list of new life peers". BBC News. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
- ^ "No. 57688". The London Gazette. 29 June 2005. p. 8439.
- ^ David Cameron under renewed pressure from Tory grassroots over gay marriage, standard.co.uk, 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Ineligible members of the House of Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Mawhinney handed top post". BBC Sport. 19 December 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Lord Mawhinney appointed as President of Christians in Sport". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ Castle, Stephen (31 July 1994). "Profile: No nonsense for the Cabinet's new boy: Brian Mawhinney: The transport boss may have a twinkle in his eye, writes Stephen Castle, but he won't take flannel from civil servants". The Independent. London, UK.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2015. p. 833.