John Maples

The Right Honourable The Lord Maples
Official portrait, c. 2005
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office 26 October 1989 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Richard Ryder
Succeeded by	Anthony Nelson
Shadow Cabinet posts Shadow Foreign Secretary In office 15 June 1999 – 2 February 2000 Leader William Hague Preceded by Michael Howard Succeeded by Francis Maude Shadow Secretary of State for Defence In office 1 June 1998 – 15 June 1999 Leader William Hague Preceded by George Young Succeeded by Iain Duncan Smith Shadow Secretary of State for Health In office 19 June 1997 – 1 June 1998 Leader William Hague Preceded by Stephen Dorrell Succeeded by Ann Widdecombe
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 24 July 2010 – 9 June 2012 Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 Preceded by Alan Howarth Succeeded by Nadhim Zahawi Member of Parliament for Lewisham West In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992 Preceded by Christopher Price Succeeded by Jim Dowd
Personal details
Born	John Cradock Maples (1943-04-22)22 April 1943 Fareham, England
Died	9 June 2012(2012-06-09) (aged 69) Westminster, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Lawry Kennedy ​ ​ (m. 1976; div. 1980)​ Jane Corbin ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2 (by Corbin)
Education	Marlborough College
Alma mater	Downing College, Cambridge Harvard University City Law School
Website	Official website

John Cradock Maples, Baron Maples (22 April 1943 – 9 June 2012) was a British politician and life peer who served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1989 to 1992. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham West from 1983 to 1992 and Stratford-upon-Avon from 1997 to 2010.