David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton

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Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard
In office
20 October 1982 – 10 September 1986
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Sandys
Succeeded byThe Viscount Davidson
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
28 July 1972 – 11 November 1999
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byThe 1st Earl of Swinton
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a]
Personal details
Born(1937-03-21)21 March 1937
Died26 March 2006(2006-03-26) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
(m. 1959)
Royal Agricultural College

David Yarburgh Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton,

DL (21 March 1937 – 26 March 2006), styled Lord Masham from 1955 to 1972, was a British peer
and politician.

Background

David Cunliffe-Lister was the son of

Royal Agricultural College
, Cirencester.

His grandfather,

Rugby League
Club.

Cunliffe-Lister succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Swinton on the death of his grandfather in 1972 and served as Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1982 to 1986. He was also government spokesman on agriculture and education from 1983 to 1986. He left the House of Lords following the House of Lords Act 1999.

Personal life

In 1959, he married Susan Lilian Primrose Sinclair who was created a life peer as Baroness Masham of Ilton in 1970. He and his wife were one of the few couples who both held noble titles in their own right. They adopted two children, Claire and Jessie.

Later life

Lord Swinton was a member of the

.

Death

Dogged by illness for the last 10 years of his life, Swinton suffered a stroke and was disabled by its effects and those of Parkinson's disease. He also suffered from diabetes and eventually cancer. He died 5 days after his 69th birthday. His funeral took place at St Mary's Church, Masham, on 6 April 2006. He was succeeded in the earldom and viscountcy by his younger brother Nicholas.

Notes

  1. ^ Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999.

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Political offices
Preceded by Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1982–1986
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Swinton
1972–2006
Member of the House of Lords
(1972–1999)
Succeeded by
Viscount Swinton
1972–2006
Baron Masham
3rd creation
1972–2006