John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham
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The Right Honourable The Lord Wakeham PC DL |
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Leader of the House of Lords Lord Privy Seal |
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In office 11 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Lord Waddington |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Cranborne |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 24 July 1989 – 11 April 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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In office 10 January 1988 – 24 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Whitelaw |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Howe |
| Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 24 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Biffen |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Howe |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 10 January 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Biffen |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Belstead |
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Chief Whip of the Conservative Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Jopling |
| Succeeded by | David Waddington |
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Member of Parliament for South Colchester and Maldon |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
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Member of Parliament for Maldon |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Harrison |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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| Born | 22 June 1932 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Roberta Wakeham (19??-1984; her death) Alison Ward (1985 - present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC, DL (born 22 June 1932) is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. Between 1998 and 2012, he was Chancellor of Brunel University, and since then has been its Chancellor Emeritus.
He was a director of Enron from 1994 until its bankruptcy in 2001.
Wakeham was educated at two independent schools in Surrey: Aldro School in Shackleford, and Charterhouse School near Godalming, and later attended Christ Church, Oxford. He became a successful accountant and later a businessman. He stood unsuccessfully in Coventry East in 1966 and in Putney in 1970 before his election to the House of Commons at the February 1974 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon in Essex. He became a minister after Margaret Thatcher's victory in 1979.
His first wife, Roberta, was killed in the Brighton hotel bombing in October 1984 and he was trapped in rubble for seven hours, suffering serious crush injuries to his legs. The couple had two children. Wakeham married his secretary, Alison Ward MBE in 1985 and they have a son of their own (top property developer, London). Before being Wakeham's secretary, Ward had been Margaret Thatcher's secretary.
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