Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Doctor of Laws Personal Computer is a retired British Conservative politician and Commonwealth Games silver medalist winner for England.
Career
He was created a life peer as Baron Higgins, of Worthing in the County of West Sussex on 28 October 1997. While in opposition, he served as the Conservative shadow minister for work and pensions in the House of Lords. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Years Honours List.
Membership
43rd United Kingdom Parliament. 44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament.
46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament. 48th United Kingdom Parliament.
49th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament.
51st United Kingdom Parliament]
Higgins was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974.
He served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948, and was a member of British Olympic Team in 1948 and 1952.