Background
Finsberg, Geoffrey was born on June 13, 1926. Son of Montefiore and May (Grossman) Finsberg.
politician Member of the House of Lords Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Finsberg, Geoffrey was born on June 13, 1926. Son of Montefiore and May (Grossman) Finsberg.
Finsberg was educated at the City of London School and was a 'Bevin Boy' 1945-47.
He served as National Chairman of the Young Conservatives, 1954–57 and took senior rules in the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1953–79 and the Greater London Area of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. He was Vice-Chairman, Conservative Party Organisation, 1975–79 and 1983–87. Finsberg was elected a Borough Councillor in Hampstead in 1949 at just 22 years old, until 1965, and on the new London Borough of Camden 1964-74, serving as Leader, 1968-70.
He was Deputy Chairman, 1969–1971, and Vice-President of the Association of Municipal Corporations, 1971-74. He stood for Parliament in Islington East in 1955 without success. He acted as Opposition spokesman on Greater London, 1974–79.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, 1979–81, and Department of Health and Social Security, 1981-83. He was President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1991 to 1992. He was knighted on 14 February 1984.
He retired from Parliament at the 1992 general election, at which his seat was taken by Labour's Glenda Jackson, defeating Oliver Letwin. He was created a life peer in 1992 as Baron Finsberg, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden.
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He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1959 New Year Honours. In 1970, Finsberg was elected Member of Parliament for Hampstead, serving 1970 to 1983, then for Hampstead and Highgate 1983 to 1992. Finsberg was also active in business and charities: he was Controller of Personnel and Chief Industrial Relations Adviser at Great Universal Stores, 1968–79.
Member, 1983–1986, and Deputy Chairman, South East Regional Board, TSB, 1986–89. Member, Post Office Users National Council, 1970–77. Member of the Council, Confederation of British Industry, 1968–79.
Married Pamela Benbow Hill, 1969 (deceased 1989). Married Yvonne Elizabeth Wright, 1990.