John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert

The Right Honourable
The Lord Gilbert
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Gilbert PC
	In the House of Lords three weeks before his death.
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 17 May 1999
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	James Arbuthnot
Succeeded by	The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Prime Minister	In office; 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Ministerial offices 1974-9
Minister of State for Defence
	In office; 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister	James Callaghan
Preceded by	William Rodgers
Succeeded by	Euan Howard
Minister of State for Transport
	In office; 12 June 1975 – 10 September 1976
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson; James Callaghan
Preceded by	Fred Mulley
Succeeded by	William Rodgers (Secretary of State)
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Terence Higgins
Succeeded by	Robert Sheldon
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 16 May 1997 – 2 June 2013 ; Life Peerage
Member of Parliament; for Dudley East; Dudley (1970–1974)
	In office; 18 June 1970 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Donald Williams
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	5 April 1927
Died	2 June 2013 (aged 86)
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford; New York University

John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, PC (5 April 1927 – 2 June 2013) was a British Labour Party politician.^[1]

^ Andrew Roth (5 April 1927). "Lord Gilbert obituary | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2013.