Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
- Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins
Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC (born 18 January 1928) is a British Conservative politician.
He was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974.
He served in the RAF from 1946 to 1948, and was a member of British Olympic Team in 1948 and 1952.
He was created a life peer as Baron Higgins, of Worthing in the County of West Sussex on October 28, 1997. Currently he is the Conservative shadow minister for work and pensions in the House of Lords.
His wife, Rosalyn Higgins, is currently the President of the International Court of Justice.
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