Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
Lord Temporal | |
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In office 28 October 1997 – 1 January 2019 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 January 1928 |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics
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Representing England | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
1950 Auckland |
4x440 yard relay |
Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins,
Biography
Born in 1928, Higgins was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948, and was a member of British Olympic Team in 1948 and 1952.[citation needed] In 1948 he immigrated to New Zealand, where he worked for a shipping firm, but seven years later returned to Britain to study economics as a mature student at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge, Higgins was President of the Cambridge Union. After graduating in 1958, he spent a year as an economics lecturer at Yale University before choosing to work for Unilever as an economist.[1]
Higgins was the
Higgins was created a life peer as Baron Higgins, of Worthing in the County of West Sussex on 28 October 1997.[5] While in opposition, he served as the Conservative shadow minister for work and pensions in the House of Lords. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Years Honours List.[6]
His wife, Dame
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Terry Higgins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Worthing MP's plan could 'save nation millions'". Mid Sussex Times. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ISBN 0-415-07154-2.
- ^ "No. 54936". The London Gazette. 3 November 1997. p. 12333.
- ^ "No. 53153". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 7.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Higgins". members.parliament.uk.
- ^ "Lord Higgins". UK Parliament.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Terence Higgins
- Terry Higgins at Olympedia
- Terence Langley Higgins at Olympics.com