Tony DURANT

Background

DURANT, Tony was born on January 9, 1928. Parents: the late Robert Michael Durant.

Education

Bryanston School.

Career

Conservative Party Agent, 1952-1962. Young Conservatives National Organiser, 1962-1967. Councillor, Woking Urban District Council, 1968-1974.

Secretary, Conservative Candidates Association, 1972-1974. Member of Parliament for Reading North, 1974-1983, and Reading West, since 1983. Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

British Branch Executive, former Regional Representative, Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Chairman, Conservative National Advisory Committee on Local Government. 1980-1984; former Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of Transport. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of Employment, 1983-1984.

Government Whip, 1984-1986. Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Government Whip. 1986-1988; Crown Estates Paving Commissioner, since 1987.

Vice Chamberlain of the Household, since 1988. Secretary and Director, Audio Visual Aid Company, 1970-1984.

Interests

• Golf; boating.

Connections

Spouse Audrey Stoddart, 1958. Children: two son, one d.