Tim Renton
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Lord Temporal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life peerage 8 June 1997 – 14 April 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 28 February 1974 – 8 April 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Constituency established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Nicholas Soames | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ronald Timothy Renton 28 May 1932 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 August 2020 Offham, East Sussex, England | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alice Fergusson (m. 1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 5, including Alex and Polly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Eton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry,
Early life
Tim Renton, who rarely used his first name of Ronald, was born in London.[1] He won scholarships to Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and graduated with a first-class degree in history.
Parliamentary career
After unsuccessfully contesting Sheffield Park in 1970, he was Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex from 1974 to 1997.
He served as a
After standing down from the Commons at the 1997 General Election, he was created a life peer in the 1997 Dissolution Honours;[7] on 9 June 1997 as Baron Renton of Mount Harry, of Offham in the County of East Sussex,[8][9] and took his seat in the House of Lords. He retired from the House on 14 April 2016.[10]
Personal life
In 1960, he married Alice Blanche Helen Fergusson, daughter of
Their four surviving children are Alex Renton, a journalist and author,[11] Christian Louise, Daniel Charles Antony, an environmentalist, and (Katherine) Chelsea, who is an artist and author. The couple's youngest daughter, Polly Renton (Penelope Sally Rosita), a documentary film maker, died in a car accident in 2010.[11]
Renton died from cancer at his home in Offham on 25 August 2020, aged 88.[12][13]
Bibliography
- The Dangerous Edge, Hutchinson, 1994, ISBN 0-09-179151-0
- Hostage to Fortune, Arrow, 1998, ISBN 0-09-946831-X
- Chief Whip, Politico's, 2005, ISBN 1-84275-129-8
References
- ^ "Lord Renton of Mount Harry obituary". The Times. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Calls for inquiry into Telemillion". The Independent. 13 February 1994. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
As Arts Minister Mr Renton strove for 18 months to persuade the Treasury that a national lottery would be a good thing.
- ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (27 August 2020). "Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Conservative foreign office minister and Chief Whip – obituary". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
As the 1992 election neared, Renton secured a manifesto commitment to set up a National Lottery
- ^ "John Major". www.number10.gov.uk. HM Government. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
John Major also established the National Lottery as a personal initiative which has provided billions of pounds for good causes.
- ^ "The List: 19 Jun 1992". The List Archive. 19 June 1992. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Joining in: Investigation into Participatory Music in the UK - PDF Free Download". epdf.pub. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 54743". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 April 1997. p. 4708.
- ^ "No. 54791". The London Gazette. 12 June 1997. p. 6845.
- ^ "No. 24212". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 June 1997. p. 1485.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Lord Renton of Mount Harry - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk.
- ^ a b Obituary: Polly Renton, The Times, 10 June 2010
- ^ Bates, Stephen (31 August 2020). "Lord Renton of Mount Harry obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Brooke, Samuel (31 August 2021). "Obituary: Veteran Mid Sussex MP Lord Tim Renton". The Argus. Retrieved 1 August 2021.