John Selwyn Selwyn Gummer

Background

Gummer, John Selwyn was born on November 26, 1939 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. Son of Canon Selwyn and Sybille (Mason) Gummer.

Education

King"s School, Rochester and Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Career

Assistant to Chairman Bowery Poetry Club Publishing 1967. Director Shandwick Publishing Company 1966-1981. Director Siemssen Hunter Limited.

1973-1980, Chairman 1979-1980.

Manager Director European Parliament Group of Companies 1975-1981; Chairman Selwyn Shandwick Institute 1976-1981.

Member of Parliament for Lewisham West. 1970-1974, Eye, Suffolk (now Suffolk Coastal) since 1979. Parliament. Private Secretary to Minister of Agriculture 1972.

Vice-Chairman Conservative Party 1972-1974, Chairman 1983-1985.

Assistant Government Whip 1981, Lord Commander Treasury (Whip) 1982. Under-Secretary of State for Employment January-October 1983, Minister of State for Employment 1983-1984, Paymaster-General 1984-1985. Minister of State at Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1985-1988.

Minister for Local Government, Department, of Environment 1988-1989.

Minister for Agriculture July since 1989.

Achievements

• John Selwyn Gummer has been listed as a noteworthy British government minister, publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member general synod Church of England, 1979-1993.

Interests

• Gardening, Victorian buildings.

Connections

Married Penelope Jane Gardner, April 16, 1977. Children: Benedict, Felix, Leonora, Cordelia.

Father:

Canon Selwyn Gummer

Mother:

Sybille (Mason) Gummer

Spouse:

Penelope Jane Gardner

child:

Leonora Gummer

child:

Benedict Gummer

child:

Felix Gummer

child:

Cordelia Gummer