Background
BROOKE, Peter Leonard was born on March 3, 1934. Parents: the late Lord Brooke of Cumnor and Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
BROOKE, Peter Leonard was born on March 3, 1934. Parents: the late Lord Brooke of Cumnor and Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Student, Marlborough. Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University. Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Westminster, 1999.
Commonwealth Fund fellow, 1957-1959. Research assistant International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1960-1961. With Spencer Stuart & Associates, Management Consultant, 1961-1965, director, 1965-1979, chairman, 1974-1979.
Member of Parliament House of Commons, London, since 1977. Assistant government whip, 1979-1981. Lord commissioner Her Majesty Treasury, 1981-1983.
Parliamentary under-secretary of state Department Education & Science, 1983-1985. Minister of State, 1985-1987. Paymaster General Her Majesty Treasury, 1987-1989.
Chairman Conservative and Unionist Party, 1987-1989. Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, 1989-1992. Secretary of state for National Heritage, 1992-1994.
Con member for cities of London and Westminster House of Commons. President Inc. Association of Preparatory Schools, 1980-1983. Trustee Wordsworth Trust, since 1976, Cusichaca Project, 1978-1998.
Lay advisor St. Paul's Cathedral, 1980-1999. Chairman COTAC, 1994-1998, Churches Conservation Trust, 1995-1998. President British Antique Dealers' Association, since 1995, British American Market Federation, 1996.
Member council University London, since 1995. Honorary fellow Queen Mar, Westfield College, 1996. Clubs: Beefsteak, Brooks's, City Livery, Master Control Console, I Zingari, St. George's (Hanover Square) Conservative.
Churches, conservation, cricket, pictures, planting things.
Married Joan Margaret Smith, 1964 (deceased 1985). 4 sons (1 deceased); married Lindsay Allinson, 1991.