Education
Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School.
Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School.
He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961. He became a Lord of the Treasury in 1970 and was successively Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1972 and Comptroller of the Household from 1973 to 1974.
He was Member of Parliament for Wyre from 1983 until 1987.
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Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and was elected Member of Parliament for North Fylde in 1966.