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searchaux" style="display:none">British life peer and former Cabinet minister (1997–2001)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury,_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury%2C_2020.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury%2C_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury%2C_2020.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury%2C_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury%2C_2020.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Smith_of_Finsbury%2C_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Bottomley" title="Virginia Bottomley">Virginia Bottomley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tessa_Jowell" title="Tessa Jowell">Tessa Jowell</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">Member of the House of Lords</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Temporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peerage</a></b></span> <br />18 July 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Islington_South_and_Finsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Islington South and Finsbury">Islington South and Finsbury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Cunningham_(British_politician)" title="George Cunningham (British politician)">George Cunningham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emily_Thornberry" title="Emily Thornberry">Emily Thornberry</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_cabinet" title="Shadow cabinet">Shadow cabinet</a> portfolios</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">1992–1994</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment">Environment</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1994–1995</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_National_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for National Heritage">National Heritage</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1995–1996</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Social_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Social Security">Social Security</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1996–1997</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Health">Health</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-07-24</span>) </span>24 July 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet" title="Chipping Barnet">Barnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Non-affiliated_members_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Non-affiliated members of the House of Lords">Independent</a> (2008–present)<sup id="cite_ref-parliamentbio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliamentbio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (1979–2008)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Dorian Jabri<br />(1989–2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png/110px-Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png/165px-Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png/221px-Lord_Chris_Smith_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="825" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/186/contact">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (born 24 July 1951) is a British politician and a <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">peer</a>; a former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet Minister</a>; and former chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Environment_Agency" title="Environment Agency">Environment Agency</a>. For the majority of his career he was a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> member. He was the first openly <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">gay</a> male British MP, coming out in 1984, and in 2005, the first MP to acknowledge that he is HIV positive.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_HIV_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_HIV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_HIV_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times_HIV-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2015 he has been <a href="/wiki/List_of_Masters_of_Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge">Master</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chris Smith was born in <a href="/wiki/Chipping_Barnet" title="Chipping Barnet">Barnet</a>, London, and educated at <a href="/wiki/George_Watson%27s_College" title="George Watson's College">George Watson's College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College, Cambridge</a>. At Cambridge he gained a <a href="/wiki/First_class_honours_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="First class honours degree">first class honours degree</a> in English, and a PhD degree with a thesis on <a href="/wiki/Coleridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Coleridge">Coleridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wordsworth" class="mw-redirect" title="Wordsworth">Wordsworth</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-test_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was also president of the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Union_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Union Society">Cambridge Union Society</a>. Furthermore, he attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Scholar">Kennedy Scholar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-test_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He worked for a housing charity and became a councillor in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Islington" title="London Borough of Islington">London Borough of Islington</a>. He came third at <a href="/wiki/Epsom_and_Ewell_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Epsom and Ewell (UK Parliament constituency)">Epsom and Ewell</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979 general election</a> before narrowly winning the seat of <a href="/wiki/Islington_South_and_Finsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Islington South and Finsbury">Islington South and Finsbury</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/George_Cunningham_(British_politician)" title="George Cunningham (British politician)">George Cunningham</a>, who had ultimately defected to the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democrats</a> from Labour. Cunningham stood again at the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a> when Smith retained the seat.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, he became Britain's first gay MP to choose to "come out". There had been several gay MPs before this whose homosexuality had been common knowledge in some circles, including their constituents in some cases, but they had not been completely open about it. (In 1975 <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Colquhoun" title="Maureen Colquhoun">Maureen Colquhoun</a> had been effectively "outed" by press revelations.) During a rally in <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby, Warwickshire</a>, against a possible ban on gay employees by the town council, Smith began his speech: "Good afternoon, I'm Chris Smith, I'm the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury and I'm gay."<sup id="cite_ref-Obs_30Jan05_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Obs_30Jan05-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was unscripted, and the decision to include it in his speech was made at the last minute.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 119">: 119 </span></sup> He immediately received a standing ovation from most of the audience. </p><p>He became an opposition <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> in 1986, a shadow Treasury minister from 1987 to 1992, and shadowed the environment, heritage, pensions and health portfolios between 1992 and 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Culture.2C_Media_and_Sport"></span>Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997, he was appointed to <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s Cabinet as the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport">Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport</a>. As a Minister known to have a close connection with the arts scene in <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a>, his time at DCMS is generally regarded as a success, for many projects funded through the <a href="/wiki/National_Lottery_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Lottery (United Kingdom)">National Lottery</a> came to fruition. There were controversies, such as his approval during his first week as minister of the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Mary_Allen_(arts_administrator)" title="Mary Allen (arts administrator)">Mary Allen</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a>. In this case, a Select Committee report later found that he had exceeded his authority and had improperly failed to seek advice from his <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent Secretary">Permanent Secretary</a>. In 2000, he managed to secure a tax rebate that enabled many museums to give free admission.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He held this position throughout the Labour government's first term, but was sacked and returned to the back benches after the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 election</a>, being replaced by <a href="/wiki/Tessa_Jowell" title="Tessa Jowell">Tessa Jowell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appointment_to_the_House_of_Lords">Appointment to the House of Lords</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appointment to the House of Lords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After over 20 years in Parliament, Smith stepped down from the House of Commons at the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>. It was announced on 30 April 2005 that he was to be created a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a>, and the title was gazetted on 22 June 2005 as <b>Baron Smith of Finsbury</b>, <i>of <a href="/wiki/Finsbury" title="Finsbury">Finsbury</a> in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Islington" title="London Borough of Islington">London Borough of Islington</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement_from_politics">Retirement from politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Retirement from politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was appointed Chair of the London Cultural Consortium (successor body to the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Strategy_Group" title="Cultural Strategy Group">Cultural Strategy Group</a>) by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a>, the then <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a>, and served from 2005 to 2008. He was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_Fellowship" class="mw-redirect" title="Honorary Fellowship">Honorary Fellowship</a> in 2010 from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cumbria" title="University of Cumbria">University of Cumbria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2006, he was appointed as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)">Advertising Standards Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of the founding directors of the <a href="/wiki/Clore_Leadership_Programme" class="mw-redirect" title="Clore Leadership Programme">Clore Leadership Programme</a>, an initiative aimed at helping to train and develop new leaders of Britain's cultural sector.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also currently Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Wordsworth_Trust" title="Wordsworth Trust">Wordsworth Trust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WT_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WT-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith is a keen mountaineer, and was the first MP to climb all the 3,000 ft "<a href="/wiki/Munro" title="Munro">Munros</a>" in Scotland;<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in April 2004, he was elected President of the <a href="/wiki/Ramblers%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramblers' Association">Ramblers' Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a patron of London-based HIV charity <a href="/wiki/The_Food_Chain" title="The Food Chain">The Food Chain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also Patron of HIV support charity The National Long-Term Survivors Group (NLTSG). He is also an honorary life member of <a href="/wiki/BAFTA" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA">BAFTA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith was announced as the new Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Environment_Agency" title="Environment Agency">Environment Agency</a> on 8 May 2008, and took up the new role in mid-July.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> in August that year he said Britain faced hard choices over which coasts to defend and which to leave to the sea, because it would not be possible to save all coastal homes from sea erosion.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lord Smith was re-appointed as Chair of the Environment Agency for a further three years by Environment Secretary <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Spelman" title="Caroline Spelman">Caroline Spelman</a> in 2011. On re-appointment he received £100,813 <i>pro rata</i> for 2011–12, based on working three days a week.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lord Smith continued in this role until 13 July 2014. </p><p>Smith became a vice-president of the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">Campaign for Homosexual Equality</a> in February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2014, it was announced that Lord Smith would become the next Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge in 2015, succeeding Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dearlove" title="Richard Dearlove">Richard Dearlove</a>. He oversaw the receipt of the biggest single donation ever received by the University of Cambridge in 2015, when <a href="/wiki/Ray_Dolby" title="Ray Dolby">Ray Dolby</a> donated £35m towards an expansion of the College grounds.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He accepted an invitation to become the Chairman of Trustees of the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Union_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Union Society">Cambridge Union Society</a> in 2015. </p><p>He is currently listed as the Chairman of the Task Force on Shale Gas.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Smith entered a <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil partnership">civil partnership</a> with Dorian Jabri,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his partner since 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple separated in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith was a director of the Finsbury-based world jazz ensemble <a href="/wiki/Grand_Union_Orchestra" title="Grand Union Orchestra">Grand Union Orchestra</a> for a period in the mid-1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HIV_status">HIV status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: HIV status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, Smith was contacted by a reporter from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> asking for a comment on his health but declined, citing the Press Complaints Code. However, two years later, in 2005, he contacted the paper's editor and revealed in a story, titled "Why This is the Time to Break my HIV Silence", he had been diagnosed as HIV-positive<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 121–122">: 121–122 </span></sup> as long ago as 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_HIV_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times_HIV-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated he had decided to go public following <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>'s announcement of his son's death from AIDS.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_HIV_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_HIV-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Labour" title="LGBT+ Labour">LGBT+ Labour</a> campaign fund Dorothy's List was renamed the Chris Smith List in his honour.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As Secretary of State for National Heritage from May to July 1997.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-parliamentbio-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-parliamentbio_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-smith-of-finsbury/186">"Lord Smith of Finsbury"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Parliament+of+the+United+Kingdom&rft.atitle=Lord+Smith+of+Finsbury&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parliament.uk%2Fbiographies%2Flords%2Flord-smith-of-finsbury%2F186&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Smith%2C+Baron+Smith+of+Finsbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBC_HIV-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_HIV_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_HIV_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4219501.stm">"Former minister is HIV positive"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News_Online" title="BBC News Online">BBC News Online</a></i>. 30 January 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 September</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News+Online&rft.atitle=Former+minister+is+HIV+positive&rft.date=2005-01-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fuk_politics%2F4219501.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Smith%2C+Baron+Smith+of+Finsbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Times_HIV-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Times_HIV_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Times_HIV_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article508294.ece">Why this is the time to break my HIV silence</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2024">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, Chris Smith writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i>, 30 January 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-test-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-test_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-test_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/aboutus/organisation/38747.aspx">[1]</a>, Environment Agency. "Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chairman." Retrieved 2 August 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983LB.html">Election Demon</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160805135618/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983LB.html">Archived</a> 5 August 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, in 1983 Smith got 13 460 votes to Cunningham's 13 097, in 1987 the respective totals were 16 511 to 15 706</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Obs_30Jan05-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Obs_30Jan05_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell2005" class="citation news cs1">Campbell, Dennis (30 January 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jan/30/uk.aids">"The pioneer who changed gay lives"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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