David Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland

The Right Honourable The Lord Shutt of Greetland OBE PC
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2010
Preceded by	The Lord Davies of Oldham
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Born	16 March 1942 (1942-03-16) (age 69)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Democrats

David Trevor Shutt, Baron Shutt of Greetland, OBE, PC (born 16 March 1942) is a British Liberal Democrat politician, currently serving as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords.

Education

Shutt was educated at Pudsey Grammar School in Yorkshire.

Career

After school Shutt trained as an accountant. In 1975 he became a director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, of which he later became Chairman. He also became a Trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. In 1973 he was elected to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, now Calderdale Council, as a Liberal councillor, and later represented the Liberal Democrats on this council.

He stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at seven general elections between 1970 and 1992. He contested Sowerby in 1970, February 1974, October 1974, and 1979. After the abolition of the Sowerby seat, he contested the new Calder Valley constituency in 1983 and 1987. At the 1992 general election he was the Liberal Democrat candidate in Pudsey.^[1]

He was appointed an OBE in 1993, and in 2000 he entered the House of Lords as a life peer - Baron Shutt of Greetland, of Greetland and Stainland in the County of West Yorkshire. He was Liberal Democrat International Development spokesperson in the Lords until 2002. After the formation of the coalition government headed by David Cameron in May 2010, Shutt was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Personal life

In 1965, he married Margaret Pemberton. They have two sons and a daughter.

References

1. ^ "Lord Shutt of Greetland". Liberal Democrats website. http://www.libdems.org.uk/peers_detail.aspx?name=Lord_Shutt_of_Greetland&pPK=8e2bde2d-2c0d-4f4f-9f59-bfd972311f11. Retrieved 5 November 2009. 

Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Davies of Oldham	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 2010–present	Incumbent

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Name	Shutt, David
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