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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Employment" title="Minister of State for Employment">Minister of State for Employment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 June 1987 – 25 July 1989</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">Margaret Thatcher</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/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</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/Tim_Eggar" title="Tim Eggar">Tim 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class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt_of_Wirral" title="David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral">David Hunt</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/Lord_Commissioner_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Commissioner of the Treasury">Lord Commissioner of the Treasury</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 January 1981 – 13 June 1983</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">Margaret Thatcher</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/John_MacGregor,_Baron_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market" title="John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market">John MacGregor</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/Assistant_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Whip">Assistant Whip</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 1979 – 9 January 1981</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">Margaret Thatcher</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/James_Tinn" title="James Tinn">James Tinn</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_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Northavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northavon (UK Parliament constituency)">Northavon</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 – 8 April 1997</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"><i>Constituency established</i></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/Steve_Webb" title="Steve Webb">Steve Webb</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_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Gloucestershire</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 February 1974 – 13 May 1983</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/Frederick_Corfield" title="Frederick Corfield">Frederick Corfield</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"><i>Constituency abolished</i></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/Members_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the House of Lords">Member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lord_Temporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 October 1997 – 13 May 2020<br /><a href="/wiki/Life_Peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Life Peerage">Life Peerage</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">1937-05-13</span>) </span>13 May 1937<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 87)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oakham_School" title="Oakham School">Oakham School</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley</b>, <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a> (born 13 May 1937) is a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> politician in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Cope,_Baron_Cope_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cope was educated at <a href="/wiki/Oakham_School" title="Oakham School">Oakham School</a> before qualifying as a <a href="/wiki/Chartered_Accountant" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartered Accountant">Chartered Accountant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Cope,_Baron_Cope_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cope contested <a href="/wiki/Woolwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">Woolwich East</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970 general election</a>, but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour's</a> <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Mayhew" title="Christopher Mayhew">Christopher Mayhew</a>. Thereafter he served as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Gloucestershire</a> from 1974 to 1983. When that constituency was abolished for the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>, he was returned for the new <a href="/wiki/Northavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northavon (UK Parliament constituency)">Northavon</a> constituency, serving until his defeat in the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Webb" title="Steve Webb">Steve Webb</a>. Within the Conservative Party, he was an Assistant Whip from June 1979 to June 1981. </p><p>His first political office was as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (June 1981 to June 1983), and then he was Treasurer of HM Household (1983–1987), and was then appointed Minister of State for Employment (with a special focus on small businesses) 1987–1989. He was then Minister of State for Security and Finance at the Northern Ireland Office until November 1990. In the meantime, in 1988, he was sworn as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Privy Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Parliament_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Parliament-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cope served as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party">Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Conservative Party</a> from 1 November 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Parliament_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Parliament-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> succeeding <a href="/wiki/David_Trippier" title="David Trippier">David Trippier</a>. He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Dame_Angela_Rumbold" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Angela Rumbold">Dame Angela Rumbold</a> on 1 April 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cope served as <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> (HM Treasury) in <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a>'s government between 1992 and 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_Parliament_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_Parliament-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was made a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peer</a> as <b>Baron Cope of Berkeley</b>, <i>of <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_Gloucestershire" title="Berkeley, Gloucestershire">Berkeley</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Gloucestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Gloucestershire">County of Gloucestershire</a></i> on 4 October 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as Opposition Chief Whip in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Front_bench" class="mw-redirect" title="Front bench">front bench</a>, from 2001 to 2007, when he was replaced by Baroness Anelay. </p><p>In 2012, Cope made the opening speech to the House of Lords, presenting a motion for the Loyal Address on the opening day of Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired from the House of Lords on 13 May 2020, his 83rd birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charity_work">Charity work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Cope,_Baron_Cope_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Charity work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cope is a patron of the charity <a href="/wiki/Kids_for_Kids" title="Kids for Kids">Kids for Kids</a>, helping children in rural areas of <a href="/wiki/Darfur" title="Darfur">Darfur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a patron of The West of England MS Therapy Centre,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a charity helping those in Bristol and the surrounding areas live independent lives whilst coping with MS and other neurological conditions, Cope is also President of the Friends of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cope has also been a Trustee of War Memorials Trust since 1999; this is a conservation charity that works for the protection of war memorials across the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=John_Cope,_Baron_Cope_of_Berkeley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol 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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .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="https://web.archive.org/web/20210609105252/http://123exp-biographies.com/the-american-sniper-and-red-dot-sights/">"The American Sniper and Red Dot Sights"</a>. 18 April 2016. 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Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Gloucestershire</a> </b><br />1974–1983 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Northavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northavon (UK Parliament constituency)">Northavon</a> </b><br />1983–1997 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Webb" title="Steve Webb">Steve Webb</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Tinn" title="James Tinn">James Tinn</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Whip">Assistant Whip</a> </b><br />1979–1981 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_MacGregor,_Baron_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market" title="John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market">John MacGregor</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Commissioner_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Commissioner of the Treasury">Lord Commissioner of the Treasury</a> </b><br />1981–1983 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Berry" title="Anthony Berry">Anthony Berry</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Household" title="Treasurer of the Household">Treasurer of the Household</a> </b><br />1983–1987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt_of_Wirral" title="David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral">David Hunt</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Employment" title="Minister of State for Employment">Minister of State for Employment</a> </b><br />1987–1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Eggar" title="Tim Eggar">Tim Eggar</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Stewart,_Baron_Stewartby" title="Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby">Ian Stewart</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Northern Ireland">Minister of State for Northern Ireland</a> </b><br />1989–1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mawhinney" title="Brian Mawhinney">Brian Mawhinney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Belstead" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Belstead">The Lord Belstead</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_Belstead" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lord Belstead">The Lord Belstead</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Paymaster_General" title="Paymaster General">Paymaster General</a> </b><br />1992–1994 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Heathcoat-Amory" title="David Heathcoat-Amory">David Heathcoat-Amory</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Eden,_8th_Baron_Henley" title="Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley">The Lord Henley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Opposition_Chief_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition Chief Whip">Opposition Chief Whip</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> </b><br />2001–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/The_Baroness_Anelay_of_St_John%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The Baroness Anelay of St John's">The Baroness Anelay of St John's</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Trippier" title="David Trippier">David Trippier</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party">Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Conservative Party</a> </b><br />1990–1992 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dame_Angela_Rumbold" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Angela Rumbold">Dame Angela Rumbold</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Eden,_8th_Baron_Henley" title="Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley">The Lord Henley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Chief_Whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Chief Whip">Conservative Chief Whip</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> </b><br />2001–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/The_Baroness_Anelay_of_St_John%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The Baroness Anelay of St John's">The Baroness Anelay of St John's</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/Orders_of_precedence_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom">Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Baron_Davies_of_Oldham" class="mw-redirect" title="Baron Davies of Oldham">The Lord Davies of Oldham</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_precedence_in_the_United_Kingdom#Gentlemen" title="Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom">Gentlemen</a></b><br /><i>Baron Cope of Berkeley</i> <b> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt_of_Kings_Heath" title="Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath">The Lord Hunt of 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Wolverton">Wolverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lygon,_6th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce,_5th_Baron_Thurlow" title="Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow">Thurlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Lygon,_6th_Earl_Beauchamp" title="Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp">Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelbert_Brownlow-Cust,_3rd_Earl_Brownlow" title="Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow">Brownlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Child_Villiers,_7th_Earl_of_Jersey" title="Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Windsor-Clive,_1st_Earl_of_Plymouth" title="Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth">Windsor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Seale-Hayne" title="Charles Seale-Hayne">Seale-Hayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hope,_7th_Earl_of_Hopetoun" title="John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun">Hopetoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer-Churchill,_9th_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough">Marlborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savile_Crossley,_1st_Baron_Somerleyton" title="Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton">Crossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Causton,_1st_Baron_Southwark" title="Richard Causton, 1st Baron Southwark">Causton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Guest,_1st_Viscount_Wimborne" title="Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne">Ashby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Strachey,_1st_Baron_Strachie" title="Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie">Strachie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Legh,_2nd_Baron_Newton" title="Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Compton-Rickett" title="Joseph Compton-Rickett">Compton-Rickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joynson-Hicks,_1st_Viscount_Brentford" title="William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford">Joynson-Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Boyd-Carpenter" title="Archibald Boyd-Carpenter">Boyd-Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gosling" title="Harry Gosling">Gosling</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sutherland-Leveson-Gower,_5th_Duke_of_Sutherland" title="George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Onslow,_5th_Earl_of_Onslow" title="Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Arnold,_1st_Baron_Arnold" title="Sydney Arnold, 1st Baron Arnold">Arnold</a></li> <li><i>vacant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_Walters" title="Tudor Walters">Walters</a></li> <li><a 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