Richard Needham

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James Prior
Member of Parliament
for North Wiltshire
(Chippenham 1979–1983)
In office
3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byDaniel Awdry
Succeeded byJames Gray
Personal details
Born (1942-01-29) 29 January 1942 (age 82)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Sigrid Thiessen-Gairdner
​
​
(m. 1965)​
Children3
Parent(s)The 5th Earl of Kilmorey
Helen Bridget Faudel-Phillips
Alma materEton College

Richard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey,

Minister of State for Trade between 1992 and 1995. From January 1961 until April 1977, he was entitled to use the courtesy title
Viscount Newry and Mourne.

Early life

Needham is the eldest of the three sons of the 5th Earl of Kilmorey by his marriage to Helen Bridget Faudel-Phillips, a daughter of Sir Lionel Faudel-Phillips, 3rd and last Baronet. He was educated at Eton.[1] When his father succeeded as the 5th Earl of Kilmorey in January 1961, Needham became entitled to use the courtesy title Viscount Newry and Mourne, or Lord Newry. In April 1977 he succeeded his father and became the 6th Earl.[1]

Political career

Needham was a member of the

Somerset County Council between 1967 and 1974.[citation needed] In 1974, he stood unsuccessfully for parliament for the safe Labour seat of Pontefract and Castleford in the February general election, and was then also defeated at the more marginal Gravesend in October
. He succeeded his father to the earldom in 1977. This is an
House of Commons for the new North Wiltshire constituency. He held the seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1997 general election.[citation needed
]

In Government

Kamel Alzarka and the Falcon Group welcomed Lord Kilmorey to the 3rd Annual Trade and Corporate Finance Forum in London

Needham was

economic base and the UK's export strategy under Michael Heseltine. He was the longest serving British government Northern Ireland minister.[citation needed
]

Books

Lord Kilmorey has written three books: Honourable Member and Battling for Peace: Northern Ireland's Longest-Serving British Minister (1999); an account of his years in Northern Ireland and his contribution to peace.[citation needed] and One Man Two Worlds (2021) a memoir of his life in politics and business

Honours

Lord Kilmorey holds an

University of Ulster. A founder member of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, he was appointed a member of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, by the Emperor of Japan
.He was appointed the Order of San Carlos by Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia for his work on the Peace Process in Colombia. He was made a
Privy Counsellor in 1994 and knighted in 1997.[3]

Personal life

Needham married Sigrid Thiessen-Gairdner, daughter of Ernst Thiessen, in 1965. They have three children:

Although Needham inherited the Earldom of Kilmorey and Viscountcy of Newry and Mourne on the death of his father in 1977, he did not petition the House of Lords to formally claim succession until October 2012. According to his biography he opted not to use the title as he did not inherit any money with it. [4] The Needham estate, known as Mourne Park, is near Kilkeel in County Down in Northern Ireland but the title and estate were separated when the fifth Earl inherited the title but opted to live in England. The Needham estate or Mourne Park is now owned by the Anley family, descendants of the 4th Earl of Kilmorey.[5] The house was badly damaged by fire on 18 May 2013.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 2158
  2. ^ "Minister Apologizes For Calling Thatcher a Cow". Associated Press. 10 November 1990. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Richard Needham". London Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Minutes of Proceedings, 18 October 2012". House of Lords Order Paper. 19 October 2012.
  5. ^ PRONI Introduction Kilmorey Papers November 2007
  6. ^ "Gallery: Mourne House fire 'a sad day for heritage'". newsletter.co.uk.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Chippenham
1979 – 1983 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire
1983 – 1997 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Brian Mawhinney 1986–1990
Peter Bottomley 1989–1990
The Lord Skelmersdale 1990
Jeremy Hanley
1990–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of State for Trade

1992–1995 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Francis Needham
 Earl of Kilmorey
1977–present 		Incumbent


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