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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1987
LORD GLENARTHUR REPLACES RENTON
RENTON AS THE OFFICE WITH
LORD GLENARTHUR HAS TAKEN OVER FROM MR TIMOTHY
COMMONWEALTH AND AT THE STATE
OF
MINISTER RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG.
FOREIGN
COMMENTING ON HIS APPOINTMENT,
LORD GLENARTHUR SAID HE WAS
DELIGHTED TO BE TAKING UP THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG.
THAT HE
OF
SENSITIVE
THE TIME KONG AND
WAS VERY CONSCIOUS NOTED LORD GLENARTHUR IMPORTANCE OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY AT THE PRESENT VERY IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY, AND LOOKED FORWARD TO VISITING HONG MAKING DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON LORD GLENARTHUR:
AT
THE
OF STATE MINISTER APPOINTED LORD GLENARTHUR WAS
1986. HE HAD SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY SCOTTISH OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 9 +
AND ISLANDS AND TOURISM. FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK, THE HIGHLANDS HE ALSO ACTED AS DEPUTY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND AND SCOTTISH OFFICE SPOKESMAN IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
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UNDER SECRETARY PREVIOUSLY, LORD GLENARTIUR WAS PARLIAMENTARY
PRISONS AND THE OF STATE AT THE HOME OFFICE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FOR UK RELATIONS WITH THE FIRE SERVICES IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AND
OF MAN. BESIDES
THE MINISTER BEING CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE
HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL HOME OFFICE MATTERS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ALSO A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ON DEFENCE IN THE LORDS.
ISLE
WAS BORN IN 1944 AND SIMON MARK ARTHUR, 4TH BARON GLENARTHUR,
HE WAS EDUCATED AT ETON AND SERVED IN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE IN 1976.
WHEN THE 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN) FROM 1963 TO 1975
1976 то 1982 HE FROM
WAS A PROFESSIONAL HE RETIRED AS A MAJOR. HELICOPTER PILOT WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS HELICOPTERS, AND IS A MEMBER THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT.
OF
IN
HOME
HE JOINED THE GOVERNMENT WHIPS OFFICE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
ON EMPLOYMENT, DEFENCE, INDUSTRY, JUNE 1982 AND WAS A SPOKESMAN
UNDER PARLIAMENTARY
SECRETARY OF HE WAS AFFAIRS AND THE TREASURY.
UNTIL STATE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY FROM 1983 HE MOVED TO THE HOME OFFICE IN MARCH 1985.
LORD GLENARTHUR AND HIS WIFE SUSAN HAVE A SON AND LIVE NEAR BANCHORY.
AND A DAUGHTER
HIS RECREATIONS INCLUDE FIELD SPORTS, FLYING AND GARDENING.
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