The Lord Walker of Worcester | |
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Secretary of State for Wales | |
In office 13 June 1987 – 4 May 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Nicholas Edwards |
Succeeded by | David Hunt |
Secretary of State for Energy | |
In office 11 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Nigel Lawson |
Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson |
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
In office 4 May 1979 – 11 June 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | John Silkin |
Succeeded by | Michael Jopling |
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 29 October 1974 – 18 February 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Ian Gilmour |
Succeeded by | George Younger |
President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | John Davies |
Succeeded by | Tony Benn |
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | John Davies |
Succeeded by |
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Secretary of State for the Environment | |
In office 15 October 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Rippon |
Minister of State for Housing and Local Government | |
In office 19 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Tony Crosland (Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 8 July 1992 – 23 June 2010 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Worcester | |
In office 16 March 1961 – 16 March 1992 | |
Preceded by | George Ward |
Succeeded by | Peter Luff |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Edward Walker 25 March 1932 Brentford, England |
Died | 23 June 2010 Worcester, England | (aged 78)
Political party | Conservative |
Children | 5 (including Robin) |
Education | Latymer Upper School |
Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC (25 March 1932 – 23 June 2010) was a British Conservative politician who served in Cabinet under Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 1961 to 1992 and was made a life peer in 1992.
Walker became the youngest National Chairman of the Young Conservatives in 1958.[1] He was a founder of the Tory Reform Group, and served as Chairman of the Carlton Club.