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    John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC DL (born 22 June 1932) is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was chancellor of Brunel University...
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  • William John Biffen, Baron Biffen, PC, DL (3 November 1930 – 14 August 2007), was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a member of parliament...
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  • State for Transport Nicholas Edwards – Secretary of State for Wales John Wakeham – Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the...
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  • November 1990 – 11 April 1992 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by The Lord Belstead Succeeded by The Lord Wakeham Home Secretary In office 26 October 1989 –...
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    Sir John Major KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative...
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  • dissolved for the election, and was greeted at Prime Minister’s Questions by John Major at his last question session on 20 March. Jopling was made a life peer...
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  • Wakeham is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bill Wakeham (born 1944), British chemical engineer John Wakeham (born 1932), British...
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    foreign secretary, serving six years. In 1989, Thatcher replaced Howe with John Major, giving Howe the role of deputy prime minister. He resigned from the...
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  • Antony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL (/ˌsɪndʒən ˈstiːvəs/ sin-jən-STEE-vəs; born Norman Panayea St John Stevas; 18 May 1929...
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  • John Wakeham, Lord Privy Seal (1987–1988) John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead, Lord Privy Seal (1988–1990) Leader of the House of Commons John Wakeham,...
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    film 2009 The Old Guys Ned TV series Episode: "The Therapist" Margaret John Wakeham TV film Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire General Arcadius TV...
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    Whitelaw retires and is succeeded by John Wakeham as Lord President of the Council. Lord Belstead succeeds Wakeham as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. Lord...
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  • Nicholas Ridley Malcolm Rifkind Lord Soames Norman St John-Stevas Norman Tebbit David Waddington John Wakeham William Waldegrave Peter Walker William Whitelaw...
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    Party—was staying; his wife Jennifer was killed. Room 428 accommodated John Wakeham, the chief whip; his wife Roberta was killed. In room 328 Sir Anthony...
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  • Edwina Currie said on 7 October 1985, whilst herself having an affair with John Major, "I feel very very sorry for Cecil and his family. Most of my thoughts...
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    Tony Wakeham is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2019 provincial election, and was re-elected...
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  • Lord Privy Seal John Biffen, Lord Privy Seal (1983–1987) John Wakeham, Lord Privy Seal (1987–1988) Leader of the House of Commons John Biffen, Leader of...
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    a Parliamentary Private Secretary, successively to Lynda Chalker and John Wakeham, who was leader of the House of Commons. In January 1990 Margaret Thatcher...
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  • January 1988 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by John Biffen Succeeded by John Wakeham In office 20 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 Prime Minister Edward...
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  • 1966 to 1997: Tony Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury 1998 to 2012: John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham 2013 to present: Sir Richard Sykes Ray BLK, stage name for Rita...
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    auditor, and management consultant, Andersen LLP, former Andersen Director, John M. Cunningham coined the phrase, "We have all been Enroned." The fallout...
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  • John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead, Baron Ganzoni, PC (30 September 1932 – 3 December 2005) was a British Conservative politician and peer who served...
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    John Roddick Russell MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, OBE, PC, FKC (born 14 February 1937), is a politician from the United Kingdom. A member...
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    Margaret Thatcher (category Dames of Justice of the Order of St John)
    12 October 1984. Five people were killed, including the wife of minister John Wakeham. Thatcher was staying at the hotel to prepare for the Conservative Party...
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    William, Prince of Wales (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
    free from intrusion in exchange for regular updates about his life. John Wakeham, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, stated "Prince William...
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    the Privy Seal John Biffen – Chief Secretary to the Treasury Peter Walker – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Norman St John-Stevas – Leader...
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    former president and CEO of the State Bank of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil John Wakeham, former United Kingdom Secretary of State for Energy and Parliamentary...
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    Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale OBE (born 16 October 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP)...
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  • (1987–1990) Lord Privy Seal John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead, Lord Privy Seal (1988–1990) Leader of the House of Commons John Wakeham, Leader of the House of...
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    option of sacking Heseltine, as Brittan had urged her to do (Chief Whip John Wakeham cautioned against), but—as she later admitted in her memoirs—she shrank...
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