Benjamin Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne

The Lord Gascoigne
Official portrait, 2023
Lord-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
11 July 2023
Life peerage
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
2019–2020
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byDanny Kruger
Succeeded byDeclan Lyons
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne

(1983-03-05) 5 March 1983 (age 41)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
EducationNelson and Colne College
Alma materUniversity of Hull
OccupationSpecial adviser

Benjamin Alexander Gascoigne, Baron Gascoigne (born 5 March 1983)[1][2] is a British political adviser and life peer. He served as Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2020 and the deputy chief of staff to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2021 to 2022.[3] Gascoigne had also been his private secretary when Johnson was Mayor of London, and also served as an adviser when Johnson was Foreign Secretary.[4]

He was given a life peerage in the 2022 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gazette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Benjamin Gascoigne". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ PA, Helen William (2023-06-09). "Boris Johnson's seven allies who are to join the House of Lords". The Irish News. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  4. ^ "Who's Inside No.10? These Are The Key Figures In Downing Street's Power Struggle". HuffPost UK. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ^ "Resignation Peerages 2023" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

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