Edward Garnier

The Right Honourable The Lord Garnier PC KC
Garnier in 2011
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Vera Baird
Succeeded by	Oliver Heald
Shadow Attorney General
In office 8 September 2009 – 11 May 2010
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Dominic Grieve
Succeeded by	The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
In office 19 June 1997 – 13 September 2001
Leader	William Hague Iain Duncan Smith
Preceded by	Nicholas Lyell
Succeeded by	Bill Cash
Shadow Minister for Prisons[1]
In office 10 May 2005 – 8 September 2009
Leader	David Cameron
Preceded by	Jonathan Djanogly
Succeeded by	Alan Duncan
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2018 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Harborough
In office 9 April 1992 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by	John Farr
Succeeded by	Neil O'Brien
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 71) Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Anna Mellows
Education	Wellington College
Alma mater	Jesus College, Oxford Inns of Court School of Law
Website	Official website

Edward Henry Garnier, Baron Garnier, PC, KC (born 26 October 1952) is a British barrister and former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A former lawyer for The Guardian newspaper, Lord Garnier is on the socially liberal wing of his party and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harborough in Leicestershire from 1992 until 2017.^[2] He most recently served as Solicitor General for England and Wales^[3] from the election of 2010 until the 2012 ministerial reshuffle.^[4][5] He stood down from the House of Commons at the 2017 general election before entering the House of Lords in 2018.^[6]