Geoffrey Rippon

The Right Honourable The Lord Rippon of Hexham PC QC
Rippon in 1970
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament
In office 17 April 1977 – 7 July 1979
Preceded by	Sir Peter Kirk
Succeeded by	James Scott-Hopkins
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office 4 March 1974 – 11 February 1975
Leader	Ted Heath
Preceded by	Jim Callaghan
Succeeded by	Reginald Maudling
Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Ted Heath
Preceded by	Peter Walker
Succeeded by	Tony Crosland
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 25 July 1970 – 5 November 1972
Prime Minister	Ted Heath
Preceded by	Anthony Barber
Succeeded by	John Davies
Minister of Technology
In office 20 June 1970 – 25 July 1970
Prime Minister	Ted Heath
Preceded by	Tony Benn
Succeeded by	John Davies
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 1969 – 20 June 1970
Leader	Ted Heath
Preceded by	Reginald Maudling
Succeeded by	George Thomson
Member of Parliament for Hexham
In office 31 March 1966 – 18 May 1987
Preceded by	Rupert Speir
Succeeded by	Alan Amos
Member of Parliament for Norwich South
In office 26 May 1955 – 25 September 1964
Preceded by	Henry Strauss
Succeeded by	Christopher Norwood
Personal details
Born	(1924-05-28)28 May 1924 Penn, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	28 January 1997(1997-01-28) (aged 72) Broomfield, Somerset, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Brasenose College, Oxford

Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, QC (28 May 1924 – 28 January 1997) was a British Conservative Party politician. He is most known for drafting the European Communities Act 1972 which took the United Kingdom into the European Communities on 1 January 1973. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.