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The Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | |
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Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers | |
Assumed office September 2021 | |
Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee | |
In office 27 June 2017 – 19 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Hollick |
Succeeded by | The Lord Bridges of Headley |
Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 5 June 1995 – 2 May 1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Ian Lang |
Succeeded by | Donald Dewar |
Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
In office 20 July 1994 – 5 June 1995 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | The Earl Ferrers |
Succeeded by | Ann Widdecombe |
Minister of State for Employment | |
In office 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Eric Forth |
Succeeded by | Ann Widdecombe |
Minister of State for Scotland | |
In office 7 September 1990 – 14 April 1992 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | The Lord Sanderson of Bowden |
Succeeded by | The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 15 July 1999 Life peerage | |
Member of Parliament for Stirling | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Anne McGuire |
Personal details | |
Born | Montrose, Scotland | 16 October 1954
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Susan Clough (m. 1977) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, PC (born 16 October 1954) is a British financier and Conservative politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997.
He is Chairman of Secure Trust Bank, and a Director of J&J Denholm and of Denholm Logistics Ltd. He was a director and Chairman of Hyperion Insurance Group until its merger with RKH Group in 2015. A former Deputy Chairman of JPMorgan UK and Evercore Partners International, he was knighted in 1997 and appointed to the House of Lords in 1999. He is a member of the Privy Council and served on the Development Boards of the Royal Society and the National Portrait Gallery. He is also a past president of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
He was appointed for a second term to the House of Lords' Economic Affairs Committee in 2015, and as its chairman following the election in 2017. He was elected as Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers in September 2021 (the House of Lords' equivalent to the House of Commons' 1922 Committee). He is president of the Steamboat Association of Great Britain.
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