Michael SPICER

Background

SPICER, Michael was born on January 22, 1943. Parents: the late Brig. LH Spicer.

Education

Sacre Coeur, Vienna, Austria. Gaunts House Preparatory School. Wellington College; Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.

Career

Conservative Research Department, 1966-1968, Director, Conservative Systems Research Centre, 1968-1970. Member of Parliament for Worcestershire South, since 1974. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ministers for Trade and Consumer Affairs, 1979-1981.

Vice-Chairman, ( onservative Party, 1981-1983, Dep.-Chmn, 1983-1984. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Minister for Aviation, 1984-1987. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy, since 1987.

Asst, to the Editor, The Statist, 1964-1966. Managing Director, Economic Models Ltd., 1970-1980.

Interests

• Painting; tennis; writing novels.

Connections

Spouse Patricia Ann Hunter, 1967. Children: one son, two d.