Background
SKELMERSDALE, Roger BootleWilbraham was born in 1945 in 2 Apnl, Cove, Famborough, United Kingdom. Parents: Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Lord Skelmersdale and Ann Bootle-Wilbraham (née Quilter).
SKELMERSDALE, Roger BootleWilbraham was born in 1945 in 2 Apnl, Cove, Famborough, United Kingdom. Parents: Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham, 6th Lord Skelmersdale and Ann Bootle-Wilbraham (née Quilter).
Eton; Lord Wandsworth College. Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture. Hadlow College; spoken languages: French, Dutch.
Member. House of Lords, since 1973. Lord-in-Waiting, 1981-1986. Government Spokesman at various times during 1981-1986 on Foreign Affairs, Energy, Agriculture, Transport, Environment.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of the Environment, 1986-1987. Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security, 1987-1988, Social Security, 198889. Parliamentary Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1989-1990.
Managing Director, Broadleigh Nurseries Ltd., 197381. Vice-Chairman, Council for Environmental Conservation, 1979-1981. President, British Naturalists Association, since 1979.
President, Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation, since 1980. Director, Broadleigh Nurseries Ltd., 1991 -. Government Relations Consultant, 199I-.
Church of England
Fellow, Linnaen Society. Clubs: Royal Horticulture Society.
Spouse Christine Joan Skelmersdale (née Morgan), 1972.