Education
He was educated at Clifton College. He graduated from Collingwood College, Durham University Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) in 1975.
He was educated at Clifton College. He graduated from Collingwood College, Durham University Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) in 1975.
He was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple (1977)
Lord Henley succeeded to the peerage in 1977 upon the death of his father. An Irish peer, he is able to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of a United Kingdom peerage granted to the 3rd Baron Henley, namely Baron Northington. He was an elected County Councillor for Cumbria from 1986 to 1989.
He was also at that time President of the Cumbria Association of Local Councils.
He served as a House of Lords whip under Margaret Thatcher from 1989 to July 1990. He then moved to become a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Social Security, retaining the position when John Major rose to power and serving until 1993.
He was then briefly moved to the Department of Employment, when in 1994 he was again fleetingly moved to the Ministry of Defence. In 1995 he was promoted to Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment, serving until the Conservative government lost the 1997 general election.
With the passage of the House of Lords Acting 1999, Lord Henley along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords.
He was however elected as one of the 92 hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform. He first served as opposition spokesman for Home Affairs before becoming Opposition Chief Whip in the Lords from 1998 to 2001 and as Opposition spokesman for Justice from 2003 to 2010. After the 6 May 2010 general election, Lord Henley was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in the Cameron Ministry.
He was promoted to Minister of State at the Home Office on 16 September 2011, with special responsibility for crime prevention and anti-social behaviour reduction, replacing Baroness Browning who stepped down for health reasons.
He was appointed to the Privy Council in 2013. Oliver Eden (1953–1962)
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Oliver Eden (1962–1977)
The Rt. Honorary The Lord Henley (1977–2013)
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Honorary The Lord Henley Personal Computer (since 2013).
He is currently a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.