David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne, (born 31 March 1941), is a British Conservative politician.

Biography

The son of George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, Trefgarne succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Trefgarne in 1960 at the age of 19, having attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He took his seat in the

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on his 21st birthday in 1962. In contrast to his father, who was a

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and later

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politician, he chose to sit on the Conservative benches. Trefgarne was an opposition

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from 1977 to 1979 and then served in the Conservative administration of

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as a Government Whip from 1979 to 1981 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the

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in 1981, at the

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from 1981 to 1982, at the Department of Health and Social Security from 1982 to 1983 and at the

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from 1983 to 1985. The latter year he was promoted to

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for Defence Support, a post he held until 1986, and then served as

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from 1986 to 1989 and as a

at the Department of Trade and Industry from 1989 to 1990. In 1989 he was admitted to the

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. He was president of the Institution of Incorporated Engineers when they merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 2006. Lord Trefgarne is still a member of the House of Lords as one of the ninety

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s elected by their colleagues to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999. According to the Electoral Reform Society, he has since blocked further reform of the Lords, tabling 'wrecking' amendments to a draft Bill to abolish by-elections for hereditary peers, proposed by

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in 2018. He became the longest-serving member of the House of Lords on 26 April 2021 after the retirement of Lord Denham.

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trefgarne, David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron 1941 births Living people Princeton University alumni 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 Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College