Tristan Garel-Jones

The Right Honourable The Lord Garel-Jones PC
Minister of State for Europe
In office 14 July 1990 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Francis Maude
Succeeded by	David Heathcoat-Amory
Deputy Chief Whip Treasurer of the Household
In office 25 July 1989 – 14 July 1990
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	David Hunt
Succeeded by	Alastair Goodlad
Comptroller of the Household
In office 26 July 1988 – 25 July 1989
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Robert Boscawen
Succeeded by	Alastair Goodlad
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office 16 October 1986 – 26 July 1988
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Robert Boscawen
Succeeded by	Michael Neubert
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 22 October 1997 – 23 March 2020 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Watford
In office 3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Raphael Tuck
Succeeded by	Claire Ward
Personal details
Born	William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones (1941-02-28)28 February 1941 Gorseinon, Wales
Died	23 March 2020(2020-03-23) (aged 79) Candeleda, Spain
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Children	5

William Armand Thomas "Tristan" Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC (28 February 1941 – 23 March 2020) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1979 to 1997, before being made a life peer in 1997.

Following his election to Parliament, Garel-Jones served in various whip positions and also as a junior minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.^[1][2]