Articles with UKPARL identifiers

Trevor_Stamp,_4th_Baron_Stamp

Trevor Charles Bosworth Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp, FRCP (18 September 1935 – 20 October 2022) was a British medical doctor and hereditary peer. He was consultant physician and director of the Department of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Institute of Orthopaedics, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, 1974–1999, and has been honorary consultant physician (retired) since then. He succeeded his father Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp as Baron Stamp in 1987. The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords.
Stamp married twice

Anne Carolynn Churchill, with whom he had two children, Hon. Catherine Stamp and Hon. Emma Stamp
Carol Anne Russell, with whom he had two children, Hon. Lucinda Stamp and Nicholas Charles Trevor, 5th Baron Stamp.Stamp died on 20 October 2022, at the age of 87.

Hector_Laing,_Baron_Laing_of_Dunphail

Hector Laing, Baron Laing of Dunphail, (12 May 1923 – 21 June 2010) was a British businessman.
The son of Hector Laing Sr and Margaret Norrie Grant was educated at the Loretto School in Musselburgh and Jesus College, Cambridge. Laing served as a tank commander in the Scots Guards between 1942 and 1947, and reached the rank of a Captain. He was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the US Bronze Star during campaign in France in 1944–45.Laing followed his father, and grandfather Sir Alexander Grant, inventor of the digestive biscuit, into the McVitie & Price biscuit business and in 1947 became a director. The company merged to form United Biscuits, and Laing became managing director in 1964 and served as chairman from 1972 to 1990.From 1973 to 1991, Laing was Director of the Bank of England. He was Director of the Exxon Corporation from 1984 to 1994.
Laing married Marian Clare, daughter of John Emilius Laurie in 1950; they had three sons.
He was knighted in 1978 and was created a Conservative life peer as Baron Laing of Dunphail, of Dunphail in the County of Moray on 8 February 1991. Laing was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Laing also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1986.Lord Laing died on 21 June 2010 after a short illness.
Lady Laing died in 2020.

Keith_Raffan

Keith William Twort Raffan (born 21 June 1949) is a former British politician. From 1983 to 1992, he served in the British House of Commons as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Delyn constituency in Wales. Then from 1999 to 2005, he was a Scottish Liberal Democrat Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.

Lewis_Moonie

Lewis George Moonie, Baron Moonie (born 25 February 1947) is a British politician. He was the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcaldy from 1987 to 2005.

Janet_Michie

Janet Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach (née Bannerman; 4 February 1934 – 6 May 2008) was a Scottish speech therapist and Liberal Democrat politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Argyll and Bute for fourteen years, from 1987-2001, and then became a life peer in the House of Lords. She was the first peer to pledge the oath of allegiance in the House of Lords in Gaelic.

Conal_Gregory

Conal Robert Gregory (born 11 March 1947) was Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament for York from 1983 to 1992, when he lost the seat to Labour Party candidate Hugh Bayley.
He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and the University of Sheffield. He is a Master of Wine and has worked for many years in the wine trade. He is the author of a number of publications on the subject. He became a journalist writing for the Financial Times, Guardian and was made the personal Financial Editor of the Yorkshire Post, winning Regional Financial Journalist of the Year Award in 2016