Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding
Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding (born September 7,
1926) is a British Conservative politician and a descendant of the
scientist Fleeming Jenkin.
Jenkin was educated at the Dragon School Oxford, Clifton College and Jesus College, Cambridge. He became a barrister, called by the Middle Temple in 1952, and company director. He was a councillor on Hornsey Borough Council 1960-63.
Jenkin was the Conservative MP for Woodford from 1964 to 1974 (succeeding Sir Winston Churchill after his retirement) and, after constituency boundary changes, for Wanstead and Woodford from 1974 to 1987, and served as an Opposition spokesman on economic and trade affairs from 1965. He joined the Bow Group. In January 1974 he became Minister for Energy just weeks before the conservatives fell from office, and participated in many ways in the government of Margaret Thatcher. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1979 to 1981, then as Secretary of State for Industry until 1983, and finally as Secretary of State for the Environment from 1983 to 1985. He was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer with the title Baron Jenkin of Roding, of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London in 1987.
Currently, Lord Jenkin of Roding serves on the Foundation for Science and Technology as a chairman, and as a vice-chairman of the Local Government Association. His son, Bernard Jenkin, has also become a Member of Parliament and spokesman for the Tories.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Winston Churchill |
Member of Parliament for
Woodford 1964–1974 |
Succeeded by (constituency renamed) See: Wanstead and Woodford |
| Preceded by (new constituency) See: Woodford |
Member of Parliament for
Wanstead and Woodford 1974–1987 |
Succeeded by James Arbuthnot |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Dick Taverne |
Financial
Secretary to the Treasury 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Terence Higgins |
| Preceded by Maurice Macmillan |
Chief Secretary to
the Treasury 1972–1974 |
Succeeded by Thomas Boardman |
| Preceded by David Ennals |
Secretary
of State for Social Services 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by Norman Fowler |
| Preceded by Sir Keith Joseph |
Secretary of State for Industry 1981–1983 |
Succeeded by — |
| Preceded by Tom King |
Secretary of
State for the Environment 1983–1985 |
Succeeded by Kenneth Baker |
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