- Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley
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The Right Honourable
The Lord HenleyMinister of State for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction Incumbent Assumed office
16 September 2011Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Baroness Browning Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment In office
May 2010 – 16 September 2011Prime Minister David Cameron Succeeded by Lord Taylor of Holbeach Minister of State for Education In office
1995–1997Prime Minister John Major Personal details Born 22 November 1953 Political party Conservative Alma mater University of Durham Oliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley (born 22 November 1953) is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords, currently a Minister of State at the Home Office with responsibility for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction, a role in which he succeeded Lady Browning in September 2011.[1]
Lord Henley is the eldest son and fourth child of Michael, the seventh Baron, and Nancy Mary Walton. He was educated at Clifton College and graduated from Durham University with a BA in 1975. He succeeded to the peerage in 1977 upon the death of his father. An Irish peer, he is able to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a United Kingdom peerage granted to the 3rd Baron Henley, namely Baron Northington.
Lord Henley served as a House of Lords whip under Margaret Thatcher from 1989 to July 1990. He then moved to become a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Social Security, retaining the position when John Major rose to power and serving until 1993. He was then briefly moved to the Department of Employment, when in 1994 he was again fleetingly moved to the Ministry of Defence. In 1995 he was promoted to Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment, serving until the Conservative government lost the 1997 general election.
With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, Lord Henley along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was however elected as one of the 92 hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform.
After the 6 May 2010 general election, Lord Henley was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in the Cameron Ministry. He was promoted to Minister of State at the Home Office on 16 September 2011, with special responsibility for crime prevention and anti-social behaviour reduction, replacing Baroness Browning who stepped down for health reasons.[2]
Party political offices Preceded by
The Lord StrathclydeConservative Chief Whip in the House of Lords
1998—2001Succeeded by
The Lord Cope of BerkeleyPreceded by
The Baroness BrowningMinister of State for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour Reduction Succeeded by
IncumbentPeerage of Ireland Preceded by
Michael EdenBaron Henley
1977–presentIncumbent Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Michael EdenBaron Northington
1977–presentIncumbent References
Categories:- 1953 births
- Living people
- Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Conservative Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting
- Hereditary Peers elected under the House of Lords Act
- Eden family
- Alumni of Durham University
- Old Cliftonians
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