Nicholas True, Baron True

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Member of the House of Lords

Life Peerage
Richmond upon Thames Councillor
for East Sheen Ward
In office
7 May 1998 – 3 May 2018
Preceded byGrose S.
Succeeded byBrian Anthony Marcel
In office
8 May 1986 – 3 May 1990
Preceded byB. Semmens
Succeeded byBaden-Powell K. Ms.
Personal details
Born (1951-07-31) 31 July 1951 (age 72)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Anne-Marie Elena Kathleen Blanco Hood
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(m. 1979)​
Children3
EducationNottingham High School
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge

Nicholas Edward True, Baron True,

PC (born 31 July 1951), is a British Conservative politician serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal since September 2022. He has been a member of the House of Lords
since 2011.

Early life and education

True was born on 31 July 1951 to Edward Thomas True and Kathleen Louise True (née Mather). He was educated at

Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1978.[1]

Politics

True worked in the

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1993 New Year Honours.[2]

True served as private secretary to the

County of Surrey.[3]

In June 2021, he announced plans for the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours in the House of Lords.[4]

Public office

True at the 2023 State Opening of Parliament

He was a Conservative councillor in the

London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames
from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1998 to 2018. He served as Leader of the Council from 2010 to 2017, having previously served as Deputy Leader from 2002 to 2006 and Leader of the Opposition from 2006 to 2010.

He has been, since 2006, a trustee of the Richmond Civic Trust, and since 1996 a trustee of Sir Harold Hood's Charitable Trust. He served the Olga Havel Foundation in the same capacity from 1990 to 1994.

In February 2020 True was made a

Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
.

On 6 September 2022, Liz Truss promoted him to Cabinet and appointed him Leader of the House of Lords.[5]

On 13 September 2022, he was sworn-in as a Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.[6]

Personal life

In 1979 he married Anne-Marie Elena Kathleen Blanco, daughter of Robin Adrian Hood, director of CAFOD from 1977 to 1982, and granddaughter of the businessman and Conservative politician Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet.[7] They have two sons and one daughter.

Notes

  1. ^ As Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister, 2015.

References

  1. Who's Who 2022
    . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "No. 53153". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 9.
  3. ^ "No. 59656". The London Gazette. 30 December 2010. p. 24903.
  4. ^ "Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". questions-statements.parliament.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Lord True CBE has been appointed Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords". Twitter. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Orders for 13 September 2022" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1594
  • Who's Who 2011
Political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister
 		Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
2020–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the House of Lords
2022–present 		Incumbent
Lord Privy Seal
2022–present
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
2022–present 		Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded byas President of the Supreme Court Gentlemen
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 		Followed by
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