Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding
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| In office 1983 – 1985 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
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| Preceded by | Tom King |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Baker |
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| In office 1981 – 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Sir Keith Joseph |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| In office 1979 – 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | David Ennals |
| Succeeded by | Norman Fowler |
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| In office 1972 – 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Maurice Macmillan |
| Succeeded by | Tom Boardman, Baron Boardman |
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| In office 1970 – 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Dick Taverne |
| Succeeded by | Terence Higgns |
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Member of Parliament
for Wanstead and Woodford |
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| In office 1964 – 1987 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | James Arbuthnot |
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| Born | 7 September 1926 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC (born 7 September 1926)[1] is a British Conservative politician and the great-grandson of the scientist Fleeming Jenkin.
Jenkin was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Clifton College in Bristol and Jesus College at Cambridge. He became a barrister, called by the Middle Temple in 1952, and company director. He was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council 1960–63.
Jenkin was the Conservative MP for Woodford from 1964 to 1974 (succeeding Sir Winston Churchill after his retirement) and, after constituency boundary changes, for Wanstead and Woodford from 1974 to 1987, and served as an Opposition spokesman on economic and trade affairs from 1965. He has been a member of the Bow Group since 1951.[2] In January 1974 he became Minister for Energy just weeks before the conservatives fell from office, and participated in many ways in the government of Margaret Thatcher. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1979 to 1981, then as Secretary of State for Industry until 1983, and finally as Secretary of State for the Environment from 1983 to 1985. He was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkin of Roding, of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London in 1987.[1]
Currently, Lord Jenkin of Roding serves on the Foundation for Science and Technology as a chairman, and as a vice-chairman of the Local Government Association.[2] His son, Bernard Jenkin, has also become a Member of Parliament and spokesman for the Tories.
Lord Jenkin's great-grandfather, Fleeming Jenkin, was the first Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 1908 in the newly created Department of Engineering Science, and is the namesake of the Jenkin Building at Oxford. Lord Jenkin is acting as Patron of the department's Centenary in 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p19147.htm#i191462. Retrieved on 1 August 2009.
- ^ a b "UK Parliament Biographies - Lord Jenkin of Roding". Parliament.uk. http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26744. Retrieved on 1 August 2009.
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| Preceded by New constituency |
Member of Parliament for Wanstead and Woodford 1964–1987 |
Succeeded by James Arbuthnot |
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| Preceded by Dick Taverne |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Terence Higgins |
| Preceded by Maurice Macmillan |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1972–1974 |
Succeeded by Tom Boardman |
| Preceded by David Ennals |
Secretary of State for Social Services 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by Norman Fowler |
| Preceded by Sir Keith Joseph |
Secretary of State for Industry 1981–1983 |
Succeeded by Office abolished |
| Preceded by Tom King |
Secretary of State for the Environment 1983–1985 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Baker |
