Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting

Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting CBE (born 1941) is a British Labour Party politician.

Evans' father was the writer George Ewart Evans. A bookseller who rose to become managing director and later chairman of the publisher Faber and Faber, Evans also served as a governor of the British Film Institute.

He was created a life peer in May 2000 as Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, of Temple Guiting in the County of Gloucestershire. In the House of Lords, he was a government whip from 2002 to 2007, and a spokesman for the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2003. He has also served as a spokesman for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Treasury. He left the Government in October 2007 to join Swiss Bank EFG International.

He is married to literary agent Caroline Michel.

References



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Matthew Evans — may refer to: Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting (born 1941), British Labour Party politician Matthew Evans (musician), front man of Welsh indie bands Murry the Hump and The Keys Matthew Rhys, stage name used by Welsh actor born Matthew …   Wikipedia

  • Members of the House of Lords — This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Contents 1 Lords Spiritual 2 Lords Temporal 2.1 Peers on leave of absence …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”