Patrick Mayhew

Background

Mayhew, Patrick Son of A.G.H. Mayhew.

Education

Educated, Tonbridge Master of Arts, University of Oxford.

Career

Called to bar, Middle Temple, 1955; bencher, Middle Temple, 1980; candidate in general election, Camberwell and Dulwich, 1970; Member of Parliament for Royal Tunbridge Wells, 1974-1997; parliamentary under secretary of state, Department of Employment, 1979-1981; minister of state, Home Office, 1981-1983; solicitor general, 1983-1987; attorney-general, 1987-1992; secretary state for Northern Ireland, 1992-1997. Member Executive 1922 Committee, 1976-1979, vice chairman Cons. Home Affairs Committee, 1976-1979.

Achievements

• Patrick Mayhew has been listed as a noteworthy British government minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Jean Elizabeth Gurney, 1963.

Father:

A.G.H. Mayhew Mayhew

Spouse:

Jean Elizabeth Gurney