Background
Walker, Peter Edward was born on March 25, 1932 in England. Son of Sydney and Rose Walker.
Walker, Peter Edward was born on March 25, 1932 in England. Son of Sydney and Rose Walker.
Student, Latymer Upper School.
Chairman Rose, Thomson, Young and Company Ltd. (Lloyd’s Brokers) 1956-1970. Deputy Chairman Slater Walker Securities Ltd.
1964-1970; Director Adwest Ltd. 1963-1970; Chairman Young Conservatives 1958-1960. Leader of House of Commons 1963-1964.
Opposition Spokesman Finance and Economics 1964-1966, Transport 1966-1968, Housing and Local Government 1968-1970. Minister of Housing and Local Government 1970. Secretary of State for the Environment 1970-1972, for Trade and Industry 74.
Opposition Spokesman on Trade and Industry 1974, Defence 75. Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1979-1983, for Energy 87, for Wales 1987-1990. Chairman Maxwell Communication Corporation since 1991.
Director N.M. Rothschild (Wales) since 1990, D.C. Gardner since 1990, Tate and Lyle, British Gas since 1990, Worcester Group since 1990, Dalgety since 1990, Smith New Court since 1990. Conservative.
Lloyd’s 1969-1975; National Exec, of Conservative Party since 1956. Conservative Commonwealth Council General Committee 1960.
Married Tessa Pout, 1969. 3 sons, 2 daughters.